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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [‎266r] (531/639)

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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^THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
MOROCCO.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[W 10658/5962/28]
September 14, 1936.
Section 1.
Copy No. HI
Foreign Office to Acting Consul-General Stonehewer-Bird (Rabat).
(No. 161 Confidential.)
Sir, Foreign Office, September 14, 1936.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to inform you that the treaty of
alliance between the LTnited Kingdom and Egypt, signed at London on the
26th August, 1936, copy of which is enclosed herewith^ 1 ) contains, in article 13
and annex thereto, provisions regarding the eventual abolition of Capitulations
in Egypt, and it is probable that in due course the French Government will take
the opportunity to invoke article 2 of the secret articles annexed to the declaration
between the United Kingdom and France of the 8th April, 1904, respecting Egypt
and Morocco, and claim the surrender of British capitulatory rights in the French
Zone of Morocco. In that event, His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom must be prepared to enter into negotiations with the French
Government. It is almost inevitable, moreover, that the surrender of British
capitulatory rights in the French Zone will involve their surrender in the
Spanish Zone.
2. A copy of a report of a preliminary meeting between the Foreign Office
and the Board of Trade, which was held on the 8th July to discuss the attitude
to be adopted by His Majesty’s Government, is enclosed for your confidential
information.
3. Sir Andrew Ryan’s despatch No. 51 of the 19th March, 1930,
Mr. Edmond’s memorandum of the 28th October, 1932,( 2 ) Mr. Gurney’s despatch
No. 57 of the 27th March, 1930, and Mr. Gardener’s memorandum of March
1933( 3 ) contain valuable suggestions with regard to possible safeguards in return
for the surrender of British special privileges in the French and Spanish Zones.
I am to request that you will submit as soon as possible any further observations
which you consider should be borne in mind in formulating the terms for the
renunciation of capitulatory privileges in Morocco.
4. Mr. Eden has not lost sight of the fact that an undertaking has been
given to consult the British Chamber of Commerce at Casablanca when the
question comes up for discussion with the French Government, but he considers
that such consultation is premature at the moment, and he would prefer to
postpone it until a later stage.
5. A similar despatch has been addressed to the acting British consul-
general at Tangier.
I am, &c.
P. LEIGH-SMITH.
[W 6735/5962/28] Enclosure.
Report of Meeting between Representatives of Foreign Office and
Board of Trade on July 8, 1936.
IN accordance with 7 (b) of Cabinet Conclusions 48 (36) of the 1st July,
1936, a meeting was held at the Foreign Office on the 8th July, under the
chairmanship of Sir George Mounsey, between representatives of the Foreign
Office and the Board of Trade to discuss the attitude to be adopted in the event
of France proposing the abolition of British special rights in Morocco, should the
treaty negotiations with Egypt cover the question of Capitulations.
(1) C.M.D. 5270 .
( 2 ) “ Further correspondence respecting Morocco,” Part 70 , No. 26 .
( 3 ) “ Further correspondence respecting Morocco,” Part 71 , No. 28 .
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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.

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1 file (318 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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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 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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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [‎266r] (531/639), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3331, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100058739705.0x000086> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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