Coll 1/60 'Defence of Aden: supply of anti-gas equipment (precautionary measures in view of Italo-Ethiopian situation)'

Content

The file contains correspondence regarding the supply of gas masks and other anti-gas equipment to the military and civilian populations at Aden, in view of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict and the possibility of war with Italy. The principal correspondents are the Aden Chief Commissioner, 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. Political Department, the Colonial Office, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the Air Ministry, the Treasury, and the Air Raid Precautions Department within the Home Office.

It includes discussion of the following: the possibility of air attacks on Aden; the provision of gas masks for civilian personnel employed in essential services in Aden; the provision of gas masks for the remainder of the civilian population; whether masks should be distributed free of charge or made available for a small fee; the provision of related articles, including medicines, boots, bleaching powder and goggles; permission to conduct training exercises in preparation for an attack; and the allocation of costs between the Aden authorities, the Government of India, and the Colonial Office.

The file also includes discussion of the precautions to be taken at Malta, British Somaliland, and Kenya, plus several references to the debate over the free issue of anti-gas equipment in Britain.

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 2).

Extent and format

1 file (222 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 222; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/1498

Former external reference(s)

Coll 1/60

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Aug 1935-12 Oct 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936)Air raid precautionsChemical weapons

People & organisations

Colonial OfficeAir MinistryGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentAdmiraltyChief Commissioner, AdenHM TreasuryHome Office, Air Raid Precautions Department

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Coll 1/60 'Defence of Aden: supply of anti-gas equipment (precautionary measures in view of Italo-Ethiopian situation)', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1498, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000021> [accessed 6 October 2024]

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