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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [18v] (53/522)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 2 Feb 1931-30 Aug 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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2
Article 3.
In respect of import, export and other duties and charges affecting commerce
and navigation, as well as in respect of transit, warehousing, and other facilities,
the United States of America, its territories and possessions, will accord to the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will accord to the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, unconditional most
favoured-nation treatment. Every concession with respect to apy duty, charge or
regulation affecting commerce or navigation now accorded or.tAiat may hereafter
be accorded by the United States of America, its territories and possessions, or by
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to any foreign country will become immediately
applicable without request and without compensation to the commerce and
navigation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and of the United States of America,
its territories and possessions, respectively.
Article 4.
The stipulations of this agreement shall not extend to the treatment which is
accorded by the United States of America to the commerce of Cuba under the
provisions of the Commercial Convention concluded between the United States
and Cuba on the 11th December, 1902, or the provisions of any other commercial
convention which hereafter may be concluded between the United States of
America and Cuba. Such stipulations, moreover, shall not extend to the treat
ment which is accorded to the commerce between the United States of America
and the Panama Canal Zone or any of the dependencies of the United States of
America or to the commerce of the dependencies of the United States of America
with one another under existing or future laws.
Nothing in this agreement shall be construed as a limitation of the right of
either Government to impose, on such terms as it may see fit, prohibitions or
restrictions of a sanitary character designed to protect human, animal or plant
life, or regulations for the enforcement of police or revenue laws.
Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to affect existing statutes of
either country in relation to the immigration of aliens or the right of either
Government to enact such statutes.
Article 5.
1 he present stipulations shall become operative on the day of signature
hereof and shall remain respectively in effect until the entry in force of a
definitive treaty of commerce and navigation, or until thirty days after notice of
their termination shall have been given by the Government of either country but
should the Government of the United States of America be prevented by future
action of its Legislature from carrying out the terms of these stipulations, the
obligations thereof shall thereupon lapse.
Article 6.
The English and Arabic texts of the present agreement shall be of equal
validity. ^
Signed at London, this 7th day of November, 1933.
(Seal)
(Seal)
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The volume contains two original files bound together. The first file (folios 1A-207) has the original reference 61/11 VI (D 102) and covers the period 7 November 1933 to 30 August 1934 and relates to Hejaz-Najd affairs. The second file (folios 208-243) has the original reference 61/6 VII (D 95) and covers the period 2 February 1931 to 5 August 1932 and relates to Najd affairs. Both contain letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports sent between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Foreign Office in London, the Political Residencies in Bushire and Aden, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat, the High Commissioner in Trans-Jordan, the High Commissioner in Baghdad (later the British Embassy following Iraqi independence in 1932), the Colonial Office in London, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud.
The main subject of the first file is the territorial dispute between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Contained in the volume are papers concerning Saudi Arabian advances into the territories of 'Asir and Yemen and the subsequent Treaty of Taif that largely settled the dispute. There is also coverage of diplomatic conversations between Italy and Britain regarding the dispute, including secret talks in Rome. Included is the full Arabic text of the Treaty (folios 143-150A) and an English translation (folios 156-177).
Other subjects covered in the first file are:
- the visit of M. Maigret, the French Charge D'Affairs, to Riyadh to speak with Ibn Sa'ud;
- the visit of Talaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Harb;
- a provisional agreement signed by the United States and Saudi Arabia;
- the prospect of gold in commercial quantities in the Hejaz.
Notable documents contained in the volume are a report on the heads of foreign missions in Jeddah, and a revised (June 1934) report on the leading personalities in Saudi Arabia.
The subjects covered by the second file are:
- details and significance of a resurgence in war dancing by the Saudis;
- the visit of Charles Crane to see Ibn Sa'ud;
- a request for military assistance made by Saudi Arabia to Turkey;
- the conditions of entry into Hasa for Hindu merchants.
At the end of each file are several pages of internal office notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (259 folios)
- Arrangement
Each of the two separate files which make up the volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, circled, and 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. There are the following anomalies: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D; 11A and 11B; 24A; 30A; 132A; 143A; 150A; and 236A. There are two other sequences, both uncircled and incomplete.
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