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File 869/1904 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa & Aden' [‎77r] (158/580)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (286 folios). It was created in 2 Jul 1902-22 Dec 1906. 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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Arabia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .”
6, - The general opinion out here is that all arms for
Somaliland come across from Arabia, from Jibutil, and some
even from Sur near Muscat, at the entrance to the Persian
Gulf, and that little active attempt is made even in the
Protectorate of Aden to check the traffic in arms - no check
on it elsewhere.
Only in November last I received a report from Captain
Eustace stating that dhows with arms were leaving Muscat for
the Somali Coast. I wired to Muscat but the Senior Officer
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat, after careful
enquiry, were convinced that it\was not true. I quote this
to show that the matter is not lost sight of.
7. - From paragraph 4 of this letter it will be seen
that the squadron under my command cannot attempt to deal
effectively with the patrol of the British Somaliland Coast
alone — much less with that- near Jioutil and in the Italian
sphere of influence - without entirely disorganising it, and
that for the remainder of the N.E. Monsoon period (the only
'time when such a patrol could be necessary) it is impossiole
for me to spare more than the one ship doing duty as Senior
Officer on the Aden Division which could pay occasional
visits to Berbera as usual.
The movements of the 4 cruisers under my orders will be
as shewn be1ow and prove my statement
tt HERMES’* proceeds to Kurachi about 12th March to wait on
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales
until their departure from India on the 19th March when
’’Hermes” proceeds up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. till end ot April
(this being of considerable importance).
"FOX”

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This volume is the first of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The several correspondents include officials at the Foreign Office, 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 Admiralty in London, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station and the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, 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 the First Assistant Resident at Aden, and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. Included in the correspondence between officials are: a petition from the people of Zeyla [Zeila] to the Deputy Commissioner of British Somaliland in 1905, representations made by British Indian merchants to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat in 1903, a witness statement made by an Arab boat captain to the Harbour Police at Aden in 1905, and an arms traffic intelligence report received from a Reuter’s agent in about 1903. There are a few nineteenth century enclosures to the correspondence between officials, including two letters written in 1891, from Ras Makunan [Makonnen] the Governor of Harrar [Harar, Ethiopia], to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul for the Somali Coast.

The volume contains a small amount of correspondence in French, in the form of an exchange of notes between the French Minister and the British and Italian Ambassadors in Paris and London, 1905-1906, as well as a copy in French of the Arms Traffic Agreement between France, Italy and Great Britain that was signed in London on 13 December 1906. The diplomatic correspondence also includes an English translation of a document entitled ‘Instructions for the Suppression of the Traffic in Arms in Somaliland’, compiled in about 1904 by the Italian Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Italian Minister of Marine.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (286 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 869 (Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/32-34. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 288; 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 67-85, and ff 97-169; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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