ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٤ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: المعاهدات المقترحة مع سلطان البدع وسلطان العوذلي؛ وقد ظلّت المعاهدة مع البدع معلّقة" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٧] (١٥٨/٤٥)

surrounded by other tribes who are. Reading between
the lines of the Bombay Government's refusal to enter
tain General Bell's proposal, it is clear that they
are not unwilling to accede to it, but are debarred
from doing so by the line of policy laid down in Lord
Llorley's secret despatch No. 20, dated the 4th Kay
1PCC. ihe anomaly, which is apparent, is one which
it is desirable to remove, ihe proposal involves
no forward policy, but merely aims at the consolida
tion of a situation already in existence; and, in the
circumstances, the Viceroy thinks that the India
Office might be willing, on the strength of the
arguments put forward by General Bell, to reconsider
the position as regards the two tribes in question.