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PZ 8747/36 ‘Tour of G.W. Rendel, C.M.G., Foreign Office, to the Middle East, 1937. Report by Mr G.W. Rendel’ [91r] (181/205)
The record is made up of 1 file (103 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1936-4 Aug 1937. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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:ir. i J ]iilby for example has a fine (though badly built) low
house with wide court-yards, standing well outside the town,
ihere see is to oe plenty of space available, and if a good
and well-designed 10 'em building suited to the climatic
conditions could oe erected under European supervision outside,
or at leaot nearer to, the town walls, it might not only make
conditions more tolerable for His Majesty’s Minister and the
Legation utaff in a climate which is peculiarly disagreeable
ana unhealtny, but might also have a useful propaganda effect.
j. should add, however, that 1 never heard a word of complaint
on this subject while 1 was in Jedda. The opinions expressed
in this paragraph arc entirely my own.
KOLIHwARD JOURLdY.
lo2. ,/e lett Jedda on March 22nd after what turned out
in the end to be lar too short a stay. He were again obliged
to travel in an Italian ship, this time owing to difficulties
arising Iron Hie fact that the only British ships either
carried returning pilgrims and were thus liable to long
quarantine delays, or stopped only at Port Sudan and had long
been fully booked up. ho sloop could be made available at
the requisite date. The local Italian Red Sea service we
travelled by has a poor reputation, but proved comfortable
enough. The officers of the ship were most friendly, but -
li:vc> those o± che other Italian ships we travelled on — nervous
md unhappy about the international situation, and apparently
anxious to see Anglo-Italian relations re-established on a
better basis. I suggested to them they they should begin by
dealing with Dr. Gayda.
15b. we reached ouez on March 25th, and I was able on
the road between Suez and Cairo to meet Sir H. Lampson, who
Wc.s on his way to Sinai, and to have half an hour’s conversation
with
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The file consists largely of a report by Mr George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office in London, on his private tour to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and also to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Ibn Saud, in February and March 1937. This personal account of his trip is preceded by a small amount of correspondence in 1936 relating to his travel arrangements, and is followed by post-tour correspondence in 1937 about the drafting and circulation of his report, on a confidential and limited basis, to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department and other British officials in London, India and the Middle East. The main correspondents are Mr George William Rendel of the Foreign Office and Mr John Charles Walton, Foreign and Political Secretary to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. in London.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 102; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-102; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/218
- Title
- PZ 8747/36 ‘Tour of G.W. Rendel, C.M.G., Foreign Office, to the Middle East, 1937. Report by Mr G.W. Rendel’
- Pages
- 23r:94v
- Author
- Rendel, Sir George William
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- ©Sir George William Rendel
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