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Coll 6/61 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Imam.' [‎15r] (29/507)

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The record is made up of 1 file (251 folios). It was created in 30 Jan 1934-4 May 1942. It was written in English and French. 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 the Yemen. He urged that His Majesty f s Government
would lose nothing by doing this, since these districts
were of no real value to them.
8.. I pointed out to the Prince that he was in fact
reopening the question which had been settled by the
Treaty of Sana’a. For him to revive and press these
Yemeni claims would simply bring us back to the situation
existing before the conclusion of the Treaty. He must
know that this question of the frontier of our sphere of
influence in Southern Arabia was a very ancient one. It
had led to difficulties with the Turks, which had been
settled by various conventions between His Majesty’s
Government and the Ottoman Government. I did not wish to
appeal to those Treaties at this moment, as I did not wish
to revive the old discussion about their validity. But
I quoted them as showing that His Majesty’s Government had
always adopted a consistent policy on this point, and that
they really could not consider altering the frontier line.'
9. As regards what he had said about the districts
being of no use to us, I wanted to point out that our
relationship with these tribes rested, as in the case of
our relationship with other Arab rulers in other parts
of Arabia, on a set of treaties v/hich involved mutual
obligations. The chiefs concerned made certain promises
to us in these treaties, in return for which we undertook
to protect them from outside interference. We could not
disregard these obligations.
10. The Prince, in a long and rather rambling
statement, explained that the question of these treaties
and obligations could easily be disposed of if His
Majesty’s Government would only be ready to "return^these
tribes to their mother country. He denied that he was
taking/

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This file concerns Anglo-Yemeni relations. Consisting largely of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence, it documents negotiations leading up to the conclusion of the Treaty of Sana'a between Britain and Yemen (signed on 11 February 1934 and ratified on 4 September 1934), and continues to discuss Anglo-Yemeni relations thereafter.

Much of the correspondence following the ratification of the treaty relates to the existing frontier between Yemen and the Aden Protectorate; it includes discussion of article three of the Anglo-Yemeni treaty, which refers to the future settlement of the frontier.

Related matters that feature in the correspondence include:

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. , Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, and later, Hugh Stonehewer Bird); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the British Minister of State, Cairo; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and 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. .

In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:

  • Copies of political intelligence summaries from Aden.
  • Copies of the English text of the aforementioned treaty.
  • A certificate of registration for the treaty (in French and English), dated 4 February 1935 and issued by the Secretary General of the League of Nations.

Whilst the file contains material ranging in date from 1934 to 1942, the vast majority of the material dates from 1934 to 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 (folio 2).

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1 file (251 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 252; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 160-187, and ff 202-208; these numbers are printed, and are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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