Coll 1/65 'Defence of Aden: general precautionary measures in view of Italo-Ethiopian situation; food supplies'
Date:
1935/1936
Description:
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly) and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, regarding arrangements to supply Aden with food during times of war. Reilly also requests that an additional Police Officer be posted at Aden during the emergency.The file also contains telegraphic correspondence between the Admiralty and the Commanders-in-Chief of the East Indies and the Mediterranean, regarding precautions to be adopted against sabotage and attack at Aden, Port Sudan, Port Alexandria, Port Said, and at Suez.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).Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.