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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [295r] (589/639)
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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under the 1856 Treaty and the French do not seem able to
^ point to any treaty obligation on our part to terminate
them & except in case of the Capitulations being abolished
in Egypt* On the other hand we cannot presumably claim to
retain rights of this kind under a treaty which contains no
revision clause for ever* The French case and their
pressure may therefore be expected to grow stronger as time
goeg on even if the eventual abolition of the eapitulationg
in Egypt should not cut the ground from under our feeto
IIIo In view of the likelihood that the French would
re-open the question steps were taken to estimate (a) the
advantage to us of retaining the capitulations and (b)
what safeguards or compensations we should try to obtain if
v/e agree to renounce them a Memoranda were furnished by
Mr* Edmonds at Rabat and Mr. Gardiner at Tetuan
The position as it appears in these memoranda may be
summed up as follows:- ^
X* B riti sh Subjects*
g*gjgr»gie» inii u , n a—» m il ——slfc— mu M m
The British community in Morocco ie unimportant
(amounting to 2^000 or 3*000 of whom only 200 or 300 ©re
from the United Kingdom); and would not be seriously
affected personally by the loss of extraterritorial rights*
^ W 12432/12432/28/1932 and W 3011/3011/28/1933*
^ The following paragraphs are based on Mr* Kdmond f s conclu
sions =, Mr. Gardiner states generally that the same considera
tions apoly in the Spanish Zone and concurs in Mr* Edmond’s re
commendations. In any case our policy with regard to the caoi-
taxations in the Spanish Zone must follow that adopted for the
.French Zone p where our interest© are far more import ant 0 If we
surrender any of our rights in the French Zone we shall have to
do the same in the Spanish* but not unlese.
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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