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Coll 6/7(2) 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Yemen.' [‎57r] (124/732)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (362 folios). It was created in 16 Jun 1932-21 Sep 1933. 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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(c) That in the event of action becoming necessary
for the recovery of Audhali territory^ it is
essential that authority should be given for
bombing s after the usual warnings 3 suitable
military objectives within Imamic territory *
and that we must not be limited to local
action in the friendly Audhali territory now
occupied by the Zeidis and on our side of the
boundary*
(a)
*
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That in any scheme for forcible recovery of
territory occupied by Zeidi forces* it would
• v not be possible to rely upon irregular tribal
levies as urn ._af t p c A i. .n e ; that their role
should be limited to temporary occupation of
territory when cleared by air action; and that
it will in the main rest with the Royal Air
Force not only to clear territory occupied by
Zeidi forces* but also* if necessary* to prevent
re-occupation of that territory by the threat
or resumption of air action against military
objectives in the Imam’s territory.
/(e) That the Resident should have discretion to
discuss and accept verbal amendments in the
text of the treaty* but that the Colonial
Office and the Foreign Office should consider
whether any of the particular 1 amendments
now suggested by the Imam must be objected to.
(2) (a) That as regards the incursion by Zeidi forces
into the Subeihi country referred to in the
Acting Resident’s telegram of the 14th
August* 1933 (Paper No. M.E.(0) 101)* the
Acting Resident should be authorised to des
patch an ultimatum to the Imam * concurrently
with a notification to the Governor of Taiz*
demanding withdrawal and restoration of the
prisoners and loot* to be followed in the event
of non-compliance by air action* after the
usual local warnings* against Taiz or other
suitable military objectives within the Imam’s
territory in the vicinity of the disturbed area.
(b) That the Foreign Office should tahe the
necessary steps to advise the Italian Govern
ment of recent events in the Subeihi country
and the action which it is proposed to take.
(c) That action in connection with the incursion
into the Subeihi country should be taken
at the earliest possible moment* allowing
the minimum necessary time for the delivery
of an ultimatum to the Imam and of notifica
tion to the Italian Government.
(3) That the Colonial Office should take the instruc
tions of the Secretary of State for the Colonies*
as Chairman of the Standing Ministerial Sub
committee for Questions concerning the Middle East*
whether the action to be talien on the despatches
and telegram from the Acting Resident under dis
cussion should be submitted to the Ministerial
Sub-Committee or to the Cabinet.
S* Whitehall Gardens* S.W.l. *
15th August* 1933.
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This volume concerns relations between the British Government and Imam Yehia bin Muhammad Hamid Uddin [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen]. It documents (from a British perspective) the progress of treaty negotiations between Britain and Yemen. Much of the correspondence discusses the terms of the proposed treaty between Britain and Yemen, including a contested third article from a draft treaty proposed by the Imam, which relates both to the southern frontier of Yemen and to the Imam's claim to a number of unspecified islands situated in the Red Sea (referred to as 'the Islands of Yemen' in the Imam's draft treaty).

Other items of discussion related to the proposed treaty include:

  • Whether India should be a separate signatory of the proposed treaty.
  • Whether the Imam is likely to consent to the establishment of special tribunals for the practice of a privileged code of law for foreign nationals in Yemen.
  • The British precondition that, prior to the treaty being signed, the Imam must remove all restrictions on overland trade between Yemen and the Aden Protectorate, as well as surrender the territories and subjects of those chiefs who are in treaty relations with the British.
  • The possibility of the appointment of a permanent British representative at San'a.

The volume's main correspondents are the following: 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 Commander-in-Chief (later referred to as the Chief Commissioner) at Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly and his Acting Resident, Reginald Stuart Champion), the Imam of Yemen, the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister), and officials of 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. , the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, and the War Office respectively.

In addition to correspondence, the volume also includes the following:

  • Copies of minutes from meetings of the Imperial Defence Committee's Standing Official Sub-Committee for questions concerning the Middle East, which discuss the proposed treaty with Yemen.
  • A copy of a report of an eighteen-day British medical mission (comprised of two doctors, two nurses, and Lieutenant-Colonel Morice Challoner Lake) to Taiz [Ta‘izz] in late 1931 and early 1932, which was undertaken for the purpose of treating the daughter-in-law of Seyyid 'Ali of Taiz, son-in-law of the Imam.
  • A copy of a report of Lake's subsequent visit to San'a in January 1932, which recounts in detail his conversations with the Imam.
  • Copies of both a draft treaty and a 'retabulated' draft treaty, drafted by the British in response to the Imam's initial draft treaty.
  • Copies of political intelligence summaries from the Aden Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (362 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 358; 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. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 315-358; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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