Ethiopia sought trusteeship over Somalia while publicly refusing to aid the SYL

Evidence

A significant indication of the force of the Somali desire for union with the Republic was that although the main strength of the Oromo people lay in Ethiopia, there was ‘no suggestion’ in the verbally recorded evidence, that Ethiopia had ‘any concern’ with the issue of the territory’s future status. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 475 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Having studied the views of a considerable cross-section of the population, the Commission9 in due course submitted its findings on Somalia to the Council of Foreign Ministers, reporting, correctly, despite frequent jibes at S.Y.L. delegates during the hearings, that the League’s programme commanded the largest public support in the territory. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the manifest opposition to a return of Italian authority, Britain, like France and America, had now definitely come round to supporting trusteeship under Italy, while Russia, although previously also advocating this, had now decided in favour of Four Power control. … With this failure to reach agreement which involved also the other ex-Italian colonies, the whole turgid issue was passed for settlement to the General Assembly of the United Nations. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 348 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ethiopia profited from the war at Somalia’s expense.; Bevin’s 1946 plan for Somali unification was opposed by Ethiopia — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 340; Ethiopia opposed Somali union and tried to block Somalia’s UN admission. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 481 (+2 more)

Related

• Reported Somali desire for union was so strong Ethiopia was uninvolved (similarity 0.88)
• Bevin’s 1946 plan for Somali unification was opposed by Ethiopia (similarity 0.88)
• Somali elders petitioned both for and against the Bevin plan in 1946 (similarity 0.87)
• Great Power politics overrode Somali majority opinion on the trusteeship question (similarity 0.87)
• Italy flew pro-Italian Somalis to petition for its trusteeship (similarity 0.87)
• Ethiopia opposed Somali union and tried to block Somalia’s UN admission. (similarity 0.86)
• External states like Ethiopia drive most pressure to restore Somali government. (similarity 0.85)
• Ethiopia proposed Eritrea-style federation to absorb Somalis in the Horn (similarity 0.82)
• Ethiopia refused to back Somalis against Italian return and secretly coveted trusteeship over Somalia (similarity 0.82)
• The Bevin plan for Somali unification failed among the four powers (similarity 0.81)
• Britain abandoned Somali unification because its strategic stakes there were too low (similarity 0.81)
• Postwar Great-Power talks could not agree on Somalia’s future. (similarity 0.80)
• European refugee politics motivated international pressure for Somali state formation. (similarity 0.80)
• Bevin proposed a United Somalia trusteeship under Britain in 1946. (similarity 0.80)
• Britain promised Somalis during WWII that Somalia would never return to Italian rule. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Reported Somali desire for union was so strong Ethiopia was uninvolved #contradicts (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 475
• Great Power politics overrode Somali majority opinion on the trusteeship question #exemplifies (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 348