 The British intention was to unite British Ogaden with British Somaliland and former Italian Somaliland, creating a single polity.This policy was in particular voiced by British foreign minister Ernest Bevin.However, during the British administration period Haile Selassie had made several territorial demands, and while his demands for the annexation of former Italian Somaliland might have been a bargaining tactic, he was serious about the return of Ethiopian territories in the Ogaden and the annexation of Eritrea.