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Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction' [‎156r] (311/552)

The record is made up of 1 file (374 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1936-21 Mar 1945. 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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Telegram (en clalr) to Mr. Stonehewer-Bird (Addis Ababa.)
Foreign Office June 8th, 1958. 6 p.m.
No. 52.
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My telegram No. 2u of 1957 [surrender of British
extraterritorial jurisdiction in ithiopie].
Italian Government have been approached regarding
formal abolition of British extraterritorial jurisdiction
in Ethiopia and have suggested, inter alia , that cases
which, on the 1st July 1959, may still be pending before
the British Consular Courts snail be transferred to
Italian jurisdiction in the condition in which they are
at the time.
I am inclined to agree to Italian suggestion fnd therefore
to consent to the closure of our Courts on the 1st July 1959
at the latest.
Do you concur?
W;i
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Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of a provisional agreement with the Italian Government as a form of replacement constitutes the bulk of the file. These exchanges are between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , Dominions Office, Home Office, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. Further correspondence is from the British Legation in Addis Ababa, British Embassy in Rome, and officials from the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Italy, and Ethiopia.

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1 file (374 folios)
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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 375; 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.

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Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction' [‎156r] (311/552), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3328, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100055799527.0x000072> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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