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Coll 1/54 'Aden. Recruitment of Arabs from the Aden Protectorate and the Yemen for service with the Italian Colonial forces in Italian Somaliland; recruitment of Indians' [24r] (47/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (160 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1934-29 Nov 1935. It was written in English. 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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Minute Paper
Department
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(b) it should not mention these countries by
name but instead prohibit emigration to any foreign
country until the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that
the Government of that country has made such laws and
other provisions as he shall consider sufficient for the
protection of emigrants.
I The first course was suggested by the Government of India
in their telegram No.2319 of 31st August (P.Z.5122/35) f
while the second is favoured by the Chief Conmissioner.
The meeting agreed that the second course is the best for
the following reasons. It would give less offence to
Italy; it would be applicable in wider circumstances which
may arise but cannot now be foreseen; and would enable
emigration to the Italian Colonies via French Somaliland
or British Colonies to be prevented. 3Ke oeo.^\-oa-
6 . There is a loophole in the Indian Emigration
lAct. Under the definition of emigration in the Act it
does not give powers to prevent the departure of persons
seeking employment who are neither under agreement nor in
receipt of assistance. The attention of the Chief
Commissioner was drawn to this point in Colonial Office
telegram No.47 of 25th July and he was asked whether he
considered further powers necessary to guard against this.
! *
He has not reverted to the point. If the definition of
emigration in the Regulation is the same as that in the
Indian Emigration Act, this loophole will be reproduced
in the Regulation. The Foreign Office are anxious that
if possible it should be closed and I undertook that we
should draw the attention of the Government of India to
the point and leave them to ddal with it if they and the
Chief Commissioner considered it necessary.
2956
6000 7/?4
7./
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The file contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of labour from the Aden Settlement, the Aden Protectorate, and Yemen, for service in Italian Somaliland.
Following requests from the Italian Consul at Aden for an increased number of labourers to work in Italian Somaliland and Eritrea, 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. , the Foreign Office and the Aden Chief Commissioner consider the options available to prevent the recruitment of British Subjects or Protected Persons for either the Italian or Ethiopian forces. Following communications with the King of Yemen it is agreed that Yemeni subjects should also be prevented from travelling from Aden ports for that purpose.
The file also contains telegraphic correspondence with the Government of India, the Governor-General of Sudan, and British diplomatic staff in British Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Italy, requesting that efforts should be made to prevent recruitment from those locations. The likelihood of war between Italy and Ethiopia is discussed throughout the correspondence.
A large part of the correspondence concerns the legality of preventing emigration from Aden ports, and involves discussion of the Indian Emigration Act (1922), and the drafting of the Aden (Protection of Emigrants) Regulation (1935), the published version of which appears at ff 5-13. The Act prohibited emigration from Aden without obtaining a permit.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (160 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; 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 1/54 'Aden. Recruitment of Arabs from the Aden Protectorate and the Yemen for service with the Italian Colonial forces in Italian Somaliland; recruitment of Indians'
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- front, front-i, 2r:80v, 82r:82v, 84r:95v, 97r:159v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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