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Coll 6/84 'Yemen: Attitude of Yemeni Govt. towards the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. Policy of H.M.G. in event of Italian occupation of Yemeni territory.' [188r] (375/699)
The record is made up of 1 file (348 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1934-1 Nov 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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CONFIDENTIAL
ADEN.
17. Although the now famous Maffey Report found there was
little to fear from an occupation of Abyssinia by Italy, the
views of Europeans, Arabs and Somalis in the Red So* area appears
to be that the conflict between Italy and Great Britain is all
but certain to break out within the next few years. They only
differ on the subject of time: when it will become impossible
for Great Britain to acquiesce further in their lines of
communications to Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean and their
territories in Africa and Arabia being threatened by the Black
Army of Italy. In 1^35 Italy prepared for a war against the
Abyssinians, they say; in 1939 or 1940 she will prepare for a war
against British territories, possibly when Britain is already
engaged in the Far East or in Europe.
18. Points of interest which arose in conversations may
be summarised as follows
(a) Although the King of the Yemen is anti-Italian, he is
old, his Prime Minister is strongly pro-Italian and the'
King’s son is being educated at ASMARA by the Italians.
(b) A great deal of pro-Italian propaganda is going on in
the Yemen and considerable suras of money are being spent
by the Italian in this territory.
(c) Two Battalions of Yemen troops have been formed as part
of the Italian Army of Abyssinia.
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(d) A number of Somali Battalions are also being formed.
Recruits are being paid 300 lira a month. It is
reoorted that this pay is attracting even British
Somali seamen: out of 45 told recently to report only
2 came forward.
(e) Imports into Abyssinia are being confined to Italian
products and manufactures. British goods are being
refused entry. The economic position of Italy and her
Colonies makes such action necessary.
(f) The Italian troops are discontented and the majority
are to be repatriated. The future Italian Arrqy in
Abyssinia is to consist of 40,000 Italian and 160,000
black troops. With this Army it is not thought that
Italy will find it difficult to subjugate the country.
Their , f^ightfulne88 , against the black population is
likely, as in LIBYA, to have the desired effect.
(g) Great Britain....
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This file relates to Italian activities in the Middle East, particularly in the Yemen. The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- British policy in the event of the Italians occupying Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], or any other part of the Yemen.
- The Yemen's position in the Italo-Abyssinian conflict [Italo-Ethiopian War].
- Relations between Ethiopia and the Yemen.
- Italian activities in the Yemen.
- British suspicions regarding Italian activities in the Yemen.
- Future British policy in the Yemen.
- Internal affairs in the Yemen.
- Anglo-Italian relations in the Middle East, and the likelihood of Italy violating the Rome Understanding of 1927.
- Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] view on Italian activity in the region.
- The visits of Italian destroyers to Kamaran Island in March 1937 and January 1938.
- British and French concerns that Italy, following its denunciation of the Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, seeks possession of the Island of Doumeira [Dumēra Desēt, Red Sea, also spelled Dumeira in the file], currently under French control.
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); 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. , Aden (Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly); the Governor of Aden (Reilly again); the High Commissioner, Cairo (Sir Miles Lampson); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Lampson again); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Alexandria (John Cecil Sterndale Bennett); His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Eric Phipps); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Eric Drummond); the British Consul General, Jibuti [Djibouti] (Herbert George Jakins); the British Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (Vice-Admiral Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (James Henry Thomas, succeeded by William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore); officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the Air Ministry.
In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following: copies of extracts from Aden political intelligence summaries; copies of the minutes of meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 26 November 1935, 14 December 1936, and 8 June 1937 respectively; a copy of a translation of a treaty of friendship and commerce between the Ethiopian and Yemeni governments, which was ratified on 21 September 1935.
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 (folios 2).
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- 1 file (348 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 349; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/84 'Yemen: Attitude of Yemeni Govt. towards the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. Policy of H.M.G. in event of Italian occupation of Yemeni territory.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:128v, 132r:258v, 263r:263v, 265r:281v, 284r:301v, 303r:338v, 340r:343v, 345r:349v, back
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