‘File 25/3 Agreement between UK and Italy’

Title:

‘File 25/3 Agreement between UK and Italy’

Date:

1938/1938

Description:

The file contains a printed copy of a booklet containing two agreements: I. Agreement between the United Kingdom and Italy, consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; and II. Bon Voisinage Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between the United Kingdom and Italy, agreed in Rome on 16 April 1938. The booklet is labelled Treaty Series No. 31 (1938), and published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1938. A cover slip (folio 2) indicates that the booklet was sent by the Secretary of the Political Department in the India Office, and that copies were also sent to India, Bushire, Koweit [Kuwait], and Muscat.Annex 3 is the one most pertinent to British officials in the Gulf, in that it relates to certain areas of the Middle East, namely: Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It concerns an agreement not to interfere in each other’s affairs and possessions in the Red Sea; those islands in the Red Sea to which Turkey had renounced its rights to; and Britain’s Aden protectorate. Other regions and places covered by the annexes include: the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, East Africa, and Lake Tsana [Tana] in Ethiopia. It also covers the exchange of military information between the two countries, the use of propaganda, and Italian assurances on Spain and her possessions.1 file (23 folios)Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-3; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.The copy of the agreement included in the file (ff 4-23) has its own printed pagination system running from 3 (f 5) to 39 (f 23), and a contents page which refers to this pagination on the verso of folio 4.

Language:

English
Italian

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Anglo-Italian Agreements (1938)

Geographic region:

Suez Canal
Yemen
Mediterranean Sea
Saudi Arabia
Red Sea

Extent:

1 file (23 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000020_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000020_en
IOR/R/15/2/639

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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