Debates in the British Ruling Circles on the Issue of the Armed Intervention in the Civil War in Yemen in 1963-1964
Abstract
Yemen is one of the most unstable countries in the Middle East. Periodically, civil wars break out in this Arab country. The first war occurred in the early of 60s of the 20th century. The outcome of this war largely depended on the position of Great Britain, which tried to maintain its influence in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. The purpose of this paper is to identify alternatives in British policy during the civil war in Yemen in its most acute phase in 1963-1964. The British ruling circles had two points of view on this civil war. On the one hand, the diplomatic corps of the United Kingdom insisted on the earliest recognition of the Yemen Arab Republic pointing at the success of the Republican army. On the other hand, the influential "Aden Group" which was formed among the conservatives, believed that London had to keep control over Aden at any cost, and therefore to support Yemenite royalists. The United Kingdom was committed to the practice of a "double play". The strong turn of the country's political leaders towards the position of the "Aden Group" was carried out at the expense of the more balanced view of the Foreign Office. The ongoing internal political crisis in Yemen is one of the results of this political turn.
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