§ 60. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the deteriorating situation in the Haud and the reserved area of Somaliland regarding the working of the Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1954: and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerYes. Her Majesty's Government have received reports that Ethiopian officials have been exercising pressure on tribesmen from the Protectorate, while exercising their rights to graze in Ethiopian territory, to declare themselves Ethiopian subjects and to accept Ethiopian nominees as their Sultans. In so doing they have interfered with the tribal organisation of the tribes concerned, and have failed to consult the British Liaison Organisation. These acts contravene the 1954 Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement.
Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ethiopia has lodged a strong protest against these activities by Ethiopian officials, and has asked that the Ethiopian Government should issue immediate instructions to remedy the situation.