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Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.' [‎54r] (107/144)

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The record is made up of 1 file (70 folios). It was created in 4 Mar 1930-9 Oct 1940. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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EXTRACT PROM DESPATCH DO .57 DATED
28th FEBRUARY, 1956.
M.Maigret was accompanied on his recent journey to
San*a hy Rear-Admiral Rivet. He returned to Jedda on 11th
February, not in the d'Iberville, as I had expected, but in
the Bougainville, which also carried the Rear-Admiral. The
ship stayed only one night in Jedda, however, and I have heard
no more of any special festivity to celebrate the transformation
of the iormer French Consulate into a Legation. This may be
paroly due to the British mourning for His late Majesty Xing
George.
the Egyptian Gazette on 14th February, that M.Maigret had gone
to San'a to complete and sign a treaty of friendship which he
nad negotiated last year between x^rance and the iemen, M.Maigret
told me on 25th February, that he had not in fact signed a
treaty but admitted vaguely that treaty negotiations had been
in progress.
4.
Mr. l^hilby stated in an article, which appeared in

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This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns relations between France and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd].

Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:

  • The attitude that should be adopted by the British Government in the event of the French Government according official recognition to the Imam of Yemen.
  • Details of a Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen, signed on 25 April 1936.
  • French claims to Sheikh Said (which reportedly rest on an agreement made in 1868 with local chiefs, and on a treaty with the Ottoman Government, signed in 1870).
  • British concerns regarding the possibility of an Italian occupation of Sheikh Said.
  • The Imam's decision to import arms for the fortification of Sheikh Said.

The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Ronald Hugh Campbell), His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan), and officials of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office.

In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following: a copy (in French) of the aforementioned Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen (folio 50); a copy of a declaration (also in French) between France and Yemen, regarding Sheikh Said, dated 18 July 1936 (folio 5).

The French material in the file consists of the aforementioned treaty and declaration (plus draft copies of the declaration) and several copies of a memorandum addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by the French Ambassador in London.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (70 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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