Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council,...

Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council, 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of a provisional agreement with the Italian Government as a form of replacement constitutes the bulk of the file. These exchanges are between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office, Dominions Office, Home Office, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. Further correspondence is from the British Legation in Addis Ababa, British Embassy in Rome, and officials from the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Italy, and Ethiopia. Included in the file are documents used for reference purposes, including:. A copy of 'Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Ethiopia and France', 1908 (folios 372-375); Copy of 'Treaty Series No. 31 (1938) - I - Agreement between The United Kingdom and Italy consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; II - Bon Voisinage Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between The United Kingdom, Egypt and Italy' (folios 120-139)

The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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