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Coll 6/7(2) 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Yemen.' [73r] (156/732)
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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17957/33 [No. 54].
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PROOF.
Sir,
The ACTING RESIDENT to the SECRE^RY^F STATE.
(Received 24th July, "
[Answered by No. .]
(Secret.)
(No. 164.)
The
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.
, Aden, 12th July, 1933.
In connexion with my despatch No. 162 of the 12th July, 1933,* on the subject
of treaty relations with the Imam, I have the honour to enclose herewith the translation
of a letter dated 20th June, 1933, that I have received from the Imam in regard to the
proposed eventual appointment of British Consular or Political Officers to Sana’a.
2. The reluctance of the Imam to receive permanent official foreign representatives
in the Yemen has lately been illustrated by his refusal to comply with Italian requests
in that respect; and I attach no particular significance to his present unsolicited excuses.
I have, &c.,
R. S. CHAMPION,
Acting Resident, &c.
Enclosure in No.
In the Name of God the Merciful and Compassionate.
Seal of the Imam.
To Lieutenant-Colonel B. R. Reilly,
Resident, Aden.
After Compliments.
We beg to inform Your Excellency that it was declared in the previous draft
Treaty which was to have been concluded and which was then urged and submitted^ by
us, that a separate agreement should be concluded at a convenient time for the appoint
ment of Consular officials by both parties in accordance with established custom. It
was also declared that there should be a special article providing for a future_ accord
between the two Governments regarding Political Officers. Actually, the appointment
and exchange of Political Officers will be arranged after official relations have been
established by the conclusion of the Treaty between the two Governments. The
exchange of such political officers at that time would be a matter of course. We have
agreed that there was no necessity for an additional clause in that_ respect, and found
that your communication was in fact agreeable and conformable with the very matter.
But our Government, as Your Excellency is already aware, is continuing to make its
utmost endeavours to complete its internal organizations one aftei the other, as oppoi
tunity offers. It is not possible, therefore, for our Government at present to provide
all the material requirements necessary for the proper entertainment of Political Officers
and for their accommodation. We have for this reason been compelled to postpone
the exchange of Political officers with certain of the Powers with whom we have already
concluded treaties, until some more favourable time. After the signing of the blessed
Treatv with His Majesty’s Government now, by the Grace of God, if we were to accept
Political officers appointed by His Majesty’s Government, the other Powers who are m
treaty relations with us would naturally ask for the acceptance of their Political officers
also In these circumstances we consider it reasonable to postpone the exhange ol
Diplomatic and Political officers to some more favourable time, on account M the
impossibility of providing for such officers, having regard to the reasons explained
above. We deem it necessary to delay their coming to some convenient time, but we
do not however, conceive the existence of an objection, should His Majesty s Govern
ment find it necessary to appoint and depute a temporary delegate to us at any time to
discuss anv affairs or business with us : we similarly on our part m the case ol
emersencv. In view of all this, our Government, after the signing of the Treaty by
the Grace of God, will within a short time do their best to complete the organization
of the Department of Internal Affairs; and thereafter we shall be ready to receive
Diplomatic and Political Officers. This matter needs no further explanation and paving
of the way.
In conclusion we beg to tender our best respects.
Dated 25th Safar 1353.
= 20th June, 1933.
* No. 17597/33 [No. 52],
Aden.—Gp. 6. 131/2963. 50. 8/33. (16262) M. & S.
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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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- Coll 6/7(2) 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Yemen.'
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- 64r:64v, 73r:73v, 142r:143v, 156r:158v, 213r:217v, 274r:277v
- Author
- Imam of Yemen xx King of Yemen xx Imam of Sana'a
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