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PZ 6253/1938 'Shipwreck of a party of Muscat Arabs - Qn. of recovery of expenses incurred by Govt. of Italian Somaliland' [33r] (66/109)
The record is made up of 1 file (54 folios). It was created in 7 Sep 1938-17 May 1941. 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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* Italian Somaliland should properly be claimed. In the
meantime, hov/ever, he has agreed, on the strong
recommendation of the Governor of Kenya, that the
Italian claim should be met in the first instance from
Kenya funds. In submitting his recommendation the
Governor pointed out that the rescue was a friendly
act by a foreign Government and that the expenditure
had been incurred in assisting the occupants of a
vessel which the Italians had every reason at the time
to believe was British, and that their action in
submitting their claim for re-imbursement of the
expenditure incurred to the neighbouring British
'Government was therefore only reasonable, The Governor
urged that it was undesirable to incur the risk, in
so small a matter, of giving offence to a friendly
neighbour by the prolonged delay v/hich would occur if
settlement of the claim should have to await a final
decision as to what authority was ultimately responsible
for the expenditure. Accordingly the sum of £247 has
been paid over to the Government of Italian Somaliland
by the Government of Kenya, At the same time, the
Governor has stated that it is felt strongly that it
would be unfair if the Government of Kenya, which has
no responsibility whatever for Muscat should have to
bear
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The file contains correspondence concerning: the shipwreck on the coast of Italian Somaliland, on 20 March 1938, of a group of Muscat Arabs on board the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. [sailing vessel] ‘ Galib ’, bound for Zanzibar and the Tanganyika Territory; and the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Government of Italian Somaliland and the Government of Kenya in the transport of the rescued party to Mombasa, Kenya, and the subsequent transport of most of the passengers to Zanzibar.
The correspondence mainly consists of: correspondence between the Under Secretary of State for India and the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, including enclosed copies of correspondence between Malcolm Macdonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal and Governor of Kenya, and others; correspondence between 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. and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, and copies of correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (54 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/260
- Title
- PZ 6253/1938 'Shipwreck of a party of Muscat Arabs - Qn. of recovery of expenses incurred by Govt. of Italian Somaliland'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 8Ar, 8Av, 8v:33v, 38r:49v, 51r:52r, 53v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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