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Coll 6/85 'Arabia. Boundaries in: Interpretation of Rome Understanding of 1927.' [‎24r] (47/80)

The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1934-27 Nov 1937. 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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Minister for Foreign Affairs begged that the dispatch of
the ahip night be delayed, and promised an anaeer by the
8rd pow^bttr*
(^8) On the 4th November hr* Townley telegraphed
that the aulta» # a reply had been handed to him in the ah npm
of a telegram to the Turkish ambassador for oomminloatton
to Lord 1 ansdoane, but that, having regard to the terns,
he had refused to act on it* on the mm day the Turkish
ambassador presented the reply to Lord L&nsdovne. It spoke
of the line proposed for the &ub&lhl border as a ** narked
M enoroa«linfent w f olai^ed , ablani, nma, * uban, and aubeaten
as "belonging incontestably to the Rase of kada”, and begged
for a reopening of the question* Lord ,.ansdowne replied
by reciting the &ulten's promise of the S5rd September and
the failure to give effect to it. He said it was
"outrageous that at tha last moment an attempt should be
"made to reopen the joeation;* and that the arrangements
for sending a ship of war to the coast, which had been
suspended at the A^asaador’s special request, would certainly
now be carried out.
(86) On the 60th Bneewibsr jsr. Toenlsy reported that
an Irade had bern issued instructing the Turkish Com 1scloners
to draw the boundary outside Bab~el~ *ndeb to Kudam (the
Vilayet of the Yemen retaining Turba and the sells, as also
the territory bounded by a line terminating at Sheikh Mirad).
The wording of this Iradl betrayed complete ignorance of
the question, and also stated that neither Government was to
be allowed to seind troops into the Mine Cantons. Fo mention
was mde of the delimitation of the boundary north-east to the
desert, but a promise was given that no portion of the
territory/

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This file relates to boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula. The file begins with a Foreign Office memorandum (and an enclosed map) dated 30 April 1934, which provides a brief recent history of disputes and agreements regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of modern-day Saudi Arabia.

The remainder of the file, which dates from 1937, contains correspondence between the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office discussing the precise extent of the Aden Protectorate. Also discussed are the respective British and Italian interpretations of the Rome Understanding of 1927. The correspondence includes a second Foreign Office memorandum dated 23 August 1937 and entitled 'The Growth of the Aden Protectorate'.

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 (38 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; 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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