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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' [103r] (205/320)
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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Mr. Walton^
Please see Foreign Office letter*
The Colonial Office instructions to the Resident at
Aden at P. Z. 1785/35» only refer to the enlistment of
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British Somalis in the Italian or Ethiopian forces#
The Foreign Office, in their letter at P. Z. 1739/35* laid
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down that the recruitment of/British protected persons for
service with either the Italian or Ethiopian forces, or
the recruitment of foreign subjects for such service through
British territory, i. e# Aden, should, if possible, be
prevented# Probably a copy of this letter was forwarded
to the Resident and he has acted upon it. Actually,
both the instructions and the letter refer only to
combatants, but the view has since been taken (see Minute
at P.Z# 3359/35) that it is equally undesirable that
British subjects should be enlisted even as non-combatants
in either the Italian or Ethiopian forces# The Foreign
Office concur in this view (see their letter at P.Z.3745/35)•
The question of upholding and justifying the action
of the Aden authorities can, however, wait till we obtain
further information as to what exactly has happened# I
have talked to Mr. Blaxter of the Colonial Office, and
he agrees that it would be better for us to telegraph to
the Resident, as the Italian enquiry refers specifically
to the Port of Aden.
The Colonial Office have been sent a copy of the
Foreign Office letter below and they are looking up some
papers about An Italian request to enlist labourers from
Ceylon# I understand that this request was refused, and
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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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