IOR/L/PS/10/561

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the blockade of trade in the Red Sea during the First World War.

The discussion in the volume relates to:

• Export of grain to Eritrea: removal of limit on Sudanese exports
• Restriction on navigators of Italian sambuks between Aden and Somaliland
• Red Sea blockade: trade in oil with Jeizan (Idrisi fort)
• Export of hides from Hejaz
• Colonel Wilson instructed to support French request for exemption from prohibition
• Red Sea blockade: further representations from the Italian Government
• Italian allegations as to contraband traffic with Jibouti
• The blockade: Italian complaints of restrictions on dhow traffic
• Correspondence with Italian Consul at Aden
• Status of the Hejaz: question of declaring it to be territory in friendly occupation under Trading with Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation 1915
• Resumption of trade with the Hejaz
• Government of India concur in proposed authorisation
• Representation of Messrs Whitworth of Manchester, regarding the restriction of exports from Aden to the Red Sea
• The southern patrol: inadequate supervision over French and Italian dhows. The Foreign Office address the French Government but prefer not to raise question with Italy. The Resident at Aden suggests representatives to French and Italian governments.
• Trade with Jibuti and the question of whether restrictions should be imposed at Aden.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.