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Coll 1/63 'Aden. Precautionary measures in view of Italo-Ethiopian dispute: scheme for evacuation of civilians from Aden in certain eventualities' [171r] (341/468)
The record is made up of 1 file (234 folios). It was created in 19 Sep 1935-25 Aug 1936. It was written in English. 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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WOT 1 S
SECRET.
OF AN IKTER^DEa ARTMENTAL CCKPfiRENCE HELD AT THE
AIR ItlNISTRY ON THE 26th SEPTEMBER, 1935^ TO
CONSIDER THE PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS TO BE MAPS
FOR THE EVACUATION OF WOMEN AND Qi ILDREN FROM ADEN.
Present.
ChAlwaani g A/Cdr. W.L. Welsh, D.S.C., A.
Afembera . O/Capt. A.O.R. Garrod. O.B.E*
Mr* C.H. Knight, O.B.E.
Mr. W.F. Jenkins, M.B*E.
S/Ldr. H.E. Tansley, M.C.
S/Ldr. A•S• Ellerton, O.B.E.
Mr. K.W. Blaxter
Mr. H.A.F. Rumbold
Mr. K.J. Dorrell, O.B.E.
Secretary Mr. C. Bransgrove
•C. Air Ministry (D. of O.)
M.C., D.F.C. H f (D.D.P.O)
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Colonial Office
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.
Board <f Trade
Air Ministry (S.9)
(Representatives of the Admiralty and War Office
had been Invited to attend).
1. Object of the Conference.
The CHAIRMAN opened the conference by stating that,
in accordance with the decision of the Sub-Committee on Defence
Policy and Requirements at their 9th Meeting, the meeting had
been called to consider the preliminary arrangements necessary
to enable the evacuation of Service and Civil dependents from
Aden to be made at short notice, should the situation require
it, and to make recommendations.
2. Numbers of dependents Involved.
The numbers of dependents (i.e. women and children)
have been reported by the local authorities to be as under r-
(1) Service families
65
women
119
children
(ii) Non-Service families.
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European officials
18
(women * children)
(b)
European non-officials
58
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(c)
Indian officials
1,674
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(d)
Indian non-officials
5,400
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Arabs, Jews, Somalis,
and other local
inhabitants
16,417
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Miscellaneous includkg
Greeks and Chinese
37
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5. Scope of evacuation.
The Conference noted that in the event of hostilities
between Great Britain and Italy the responsibility for feeding
the dependent personnel would devolve on the R.A.F. and it was
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The file contains papers regarding the preparation of a scheme for the evacuation of civilians from Aden, in the event of the outbreak of hostilities between Italy and Britain.
The file primarily consists of correspondence between the Aden Resident, the 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. Political Department, the Colonial Office, the Air Ministry, Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the War Office, and the Mercantile Marine Department of the Board of Trade. There are also excerpts of minutes from the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee on Defence Policy and Requirements.
The following topics are discussed: the categorisation of the dependents of European and Indian officials and non-officials, plus other inhabitants; the capacity for commercial maritime traffic to transport evacuees; the proposed destinations for evacuees, including India and the UK; possible routes for the marine transport of evacuees; accommodation arrangements; the division of costs between Imperial and Indian revenues; the appointment of a Civil Embarkation Officer; the international situation, and the likelihood of an Italian attack against Aden; and plans for possible Admiralty control over merchant shipping in the Mediterranean, in the event of the outbreak of war. The file also contains information about the evacuation plans for Malta.
Folios 60-70 comprise a copy of the 'Draft scheme for the evacuation of Women and Children from Aden in the event of Aden being within the War Zone', with Appendices: I, Public Notice of Evacuation; II, Counter Foil Emergency Evacuation Tickets; III sample Passenger List table.
Folios 71-76 comprise minutes of a meeting held at P&O House to discuss the evacuation scheme, attended by the Civil Embarkation Officer (Captain A Messenger of the P&O Steam Navigation Company), plus representatives of the main shipping firms operating in Aden: Messrs Luke Thomas & Co.; Cory Bros & Co.; the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.; and Cowasjee Dinshaw & Bros.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (234 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough 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 234; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 1/63 'Aden. Precautionary measures in view of Italo-Ethiopian dispute: scheme for evacuation of civilians from Aden in certain eventualities'
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- front, front-i, 2r:164v, 166r:234v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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