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Coll 6/47 'Yemen: Relations between Italy and the Imam of the Yemen.' [80r] (159/185)
The record is made up of 1 file (91 folios). It was created in 2 Sep 1926-22 Sep 1939. 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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"to join Italy to frica and Asia. Let no one misunder-
"stand the scoxje of this secular task which assign to
"this and future Italian gener tions. It is not a matter
"of territorial conquests, and let t'iis he understood hy
"all ne.- r and far alike, hut of a natural expansion which
"should lead to collaboration between Italy and the peoples
"of Africa, between Italy and the nations of the Near and
"Middle East."
As an assurance of peaceful intentions dignor Musoolinlb
declaration has of course proved valueless in the event,
but it is perhaps of some interest as an open indication,
if one were needed, of Italian aspirations in the Near
and Miudle East. There can be no real doubt that Italy
desires to increase her influence in that part of the
world and there is every reason to suppose that she would
be glad enough to establish a footing on the Arabian
coast of the Red Sea if a favourable opportunity offered.
All this, however, does not mean that Signor Mussolini
has already prepared plane for an early advance against
the Yemen. On the contrary we believe that while there
are no doubt not a few Italians - and some of them perhaps
in high places - who are casting covetous glances at the
Arabian shores of the Red Sea, no serious authority con
templates any forward action in th- t area for the moment.
Italy has trouble enough on her hands, particularly in the
economic and financial spheres, and of course Abyssinia has
still to be digested; indeed, the greeter part of that
country has not yet even been swallowed.
Italy’s foreign policy is essentially opportunist and
I therefore hesitate to venture any prophecy as to future
trends. My own personal view is that Italy will quietly
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This file concerns relations between Italy and Yemen. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence discussing the following:
- Reports in 1936 that the Treaty of Friendship (1926) between Italy and Yemen has been extended until November 1937.
- Details of negotiations for the renewal of the aforementioned treaty and reports of its conclusion on 4 September 1937.
- Claims made in the British press that Italy's supply of arms to Yemen contravenes certain clauses in the Anglo-Italian Agreement.
- Rumours of renewed French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd].
- The Foreign Office's response to unconfirmed reports of Italian military presence in Yemeni territory in early 1939, including reports of the Island of Jebel Zukur in the Red Sea (also spelled Djebel Zukur in the file) [Jazīrat Jabal Zuqar] having been occupied by Italian troops, and reports of Italian intentions to mount forty-three heavy guns at Sheikh Said.
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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. , and later Governor, of Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly); His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Eric Phipps); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Miles Wedderburn Lampson); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (James Eric Drummond, Earl of Perth); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Rome (Edward Maurice Berkeley Ingram); the Secretary of State for the Colonies; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); officials of the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office.
In addition to correspondence the file includes copies of Aden political intelligence summaries from 1933 and a copy of a translation of the Italian text of the treaty between Italy and Yemen, signed on 2 September 1926.
The date range of the file is 1926-39; however, most of the file dates from between 1933 and 1939, with the exception of the aforementioned copy of the Italo-Yemeni treaty.
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 (folio 2).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (91 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 92; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 17-36; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 6/47 'Yemen: Relations between Italy and the Imam of the Yemen.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 15r:42v, 45r:87v, 92r:92v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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