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2. I am to inform you in reply that there will be no objection from the
point of view of EBis Majesty’s Government to the Underwriters effecting the
insurance proposed.
(74)
Letter from the Home Secretary to the Under Secretary of State,
India Office, No. H.-3398, dated the 17th September 1936.
I am' directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to transmit herewith, for
the information of the Marquess of Zetland, copies of despatches from the
Kesident at Aden and the Amir of Dhafa to the Political Secretary, Aden,
which have been received from the Colonial Office together with a certi
ficate of nationality and identity which is sent for disposal.
Letter from the Resident, Aden, to the Colonial Office, No. 408,
DATED THE 19TH AUGUST 1936.
I have the honour to refer to your despatch No. 178, dated 20th June,
1936, regarding the national status of Salih Hasan, and to transmit, for
your information, an extract of a letter dated 4th March, 1936, from the
Saqladi Sheikh of Sahib, a Chief in the Aden Protectorate, together with
copies of this Residency letter No. 5553, dated 28th July, 1936, to the Amir
of Dhala, a Chief in the Aden Protectorate, and of his reply dated 1st
August, 1936, on the subject.
2. It now transpires that Salih Hasan is not a British protected person
and he should not be regarded as such.
3. The enclosures are returned herewith.
Extract of a letter dated 4th March, 1936, from the Saqladi Sheikh
i of Sahib to the Political Secretary, Aden.
In reply to your letter No. 576, dated 25th January, wherein you
informed us that the Colonial Office at London informed you that an Arab
whose name and description (shewn therein) has submitted an application
for a certificate of nationality and identity, the name is Saleh Hasan, we
inform you, oh friend, that we have enquired about the said person but
could not find any trace about him at Shaib. The place and date of birth
is Qariat A1 Husein. May we point out to you that A1 Husein is known
to you as one of the towns of the Amir hence we cannot interfere in this
matter and it is for the Amir to institute enquiries for his sons and
country.
The photograph is sent herewith.
.Greetings.
Letter from the Political Secretary, Aden Residency, to the Amir
of Dhala, No. 5553, dated the 28th July, 1936.
Oh friend, we refer you to your letter dated 16th December 1935, in
which you informed us that Salih Hasan was not one of your subjects but
that he belonged to the outskirts of ‘Mureis’, which is in the Yemen.
2. From a further communication received from the Colonial Office,
London, we noticed that the applicant—Salih Hasan was in possession of a
certificate of nationality and identity issued to him by the India Office,
London on the 9th May, 1928, on our recommendation m which his place
and date of birth is given as “Qariat El Husein”, Dhala, December 1895.
•In this connection we invite attention to your letter dated 23rd January,