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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [34r] (67/639)
The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1933-3 Feb 1938. 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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S. R. 1.
COPY
(W 18916/2145/88)
“^o. 155.
^ ^ O British Consulate General,
RABAT.
. 5th October, 1937.
Oir
y
His
I have the honour to refer to article 6 of the Convention
of the 29th July 1937 for the abolition of capitulations in
Morocco and Zanzibar, whereby it is stipulated that the British
post offices in the French Zone of the Sherifian Empire shall
be closed at a date to be notified to 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.
-General at
Rabat by the British Consulate-General and in any case not
later than thirty days after the entry into force of the
convention.
2. The post office at Casablanca and the postal agencies
at Gaffi, Mazagan and Marrakesh were, in accordance with the
instructions of the Postmaster-General after consultation with
the Foreign Office, closed on the 14th August last, and the
only British postal agencies in the French Zone still in
operation are those at Rabat and Fez.
3. 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.
-General, who have for long past
entertained ill-founded but ineradicable suspicions as to the
British post Offices being capacious channels for the entry
of subversive literature, have latterly shown certain signs
of restiveness, and would no doubt welcome a notification •f
the closure of the two remaining agencies at an early date.
Although I would be averse from interpreting their wishes in
the matter too nearly as dictates (and the period for closure,
which in the British draft convention was sixty days after
entry/
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Office,
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Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and notes relating to the surrender of British extraterritorial rights in the French zone of Morocco. Much of the early papers cover the interdepartmental discussion between 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. , Foreign Office, Board of Trade, Dominions Office, Colonial Office, Department of Overseas Trade, and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department) over the need to address the question of British rights in Morocco and what similar surrenders might be extracted from the French in exchange. Memoranda on this subject are included (folios 289-303 and 305-312).
The majority of the file deals with the drafting of a convention between the two powers to cover all related matters. Further correspondence with the Governments of the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Canada, as well as the British Merchants' Morocco Association, is included as part of this process. A copy of the convention, signed in July 1937, is contained in the file (folios 76-93), along with a number of drafts.
The need for and drafting of a new Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also a matter covered by the papers. A copy of The Morocco (French Zone) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937 is found on folios 7-8.
Correspondence with the Postal Services Department of the General Post Office and the British Consulate General in Rabat regarding the closure of British Postal Agencies in Fez and Rabat is also included.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (318 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 319; 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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- Title
- Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:58v, 61r:70v, 72r:94v, 97r:97v, 100r:106v, 108r:111v, 113r:113v, 115r:126v, 128r:151v, 154r:157v, 159r:162v, 167r:268v, 272r:275v, 278r:319v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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