ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٤ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: المعاهدات المقترحة مع سلطان البدع وسلطان العوذلي؛ وقد ظلّت المعاهدة مع البدع معلّقة" [و‎‎٢‎٥‎٧] (١٥٨/١٤٥)

FOREIGN OFFICE.
May I 1903.
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I am diroctod by the Marquess of Lansdowne to
acKnov/lcdgo tho rocoi, t of your iotiors of the 28th I
|u.st anu o! this day s date,relative to tho renewed request
received from tho Resident at Aden that he should be j
authorised to conclude Treaties with the Chief of Beda !
and with the upper AtHaki tribes.
It appears to Lord Lansdowne that in the
ciicumstances reported by General Maitland, and in view
of tne strongly expressed opinion of the Government of
India in favour of the course proposed ,His Majesty's
Government have no alternative but to give it their sanetie*
II coda, as is nou/ stated, though not absolutel y
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forming part ot tho nine Cantons , is geographically wedged
in between two of the groups of tribes classed under that
a onomination, it would clearly be most objectionable that
it should be left as an enclave open to Turkish aggression.
Lord Larisdowno understands that the stipulation as
to British protection would be similar in terms to that
inserted in the treaties with the Atifi, Padthli, Upper
AuflaKi, and other trib ;s,which is couched in very general