مجموعة ٦/ ٩١ (٢) "المملكة العربية السعودية: سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. المساعدة لابن سعود (البعثة العسكرية البريطانية إلى المملكة العربية السعودية)" [و‎‎١‎٨] (١٢٩/٣٥)

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Reference my telegram 11034 of tZth May,
194 ^* and connected^correspondence.
Proposal fof^^desp^ch of British Military
Mission t^Saudi Arabia is under urgent
confideratiOTi. This Mission is to consist
of 45 all ranks and will be headed by
a Brigadier. p.in.C. Middle East has^strongly
recamiepded that^ small portiorTof Mi^aion
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should consist of Sunni Moslems viz:-
(a7^ at leasC^one instructor (j^ador or
Captain).
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(bj 3 assistant instructors (Sejcge^nts)
(cY Medical officer
(d)'" ba^mdh for officers above.
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3- H.M.G. would accordingly be^glad to
know v^iether^Government of India would wish
;o be associated in Mission to this extent
and whether Sunni Moslems referred to above
could be made available from Indian Arny.
mJLridi?
They feel^uhat inclusion of such an element would
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ba of greatest assistance to Mission/for liaison
with'the" Saudi Military authorities, and would
at the same time redound to the advantage
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of [thrj India^iArw^jand therefore of India^in a
countfjTwhich must headways of importance to
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India so long as Indian pilgrims make Uaire
pilgrimage^to Mecca^