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'File 61/11 X (D 170) Nejd-Hejaz Miscellaneous' [10r] (32/554)
The record is made up of 1 volume (270 folios). It was created in 20 Jan 1942-26 Jun 1945. 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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Ext.6844/41. fith the Compliments v
of the "
Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
•ROM JEDDA TO DEPAR'l!CENTAL N O.2
Mr.Stonehewer Bird, D: 11.00 a.m. 25th October 1941.
No.519 .
25th October, 1941. H: 10.30 a.m. 26th October 1941.
F P P P P
Please repeat to Cairo for Minister of State as telegram No.33.
In a recent interview Sheik Yusuf Yasin asked me whether
I had heard in Cairo anything about the Saudi Arabian (governments
prospects of obtaining loan irom the United States. J replied
that though Yusuf Yasm must not take what I said a« an official
statement, I could say from what I had gathered th«re was
little or no hope.
2. The following day Yusuf Yasin showed me a note received
that morning from the United States Minister at Cairo, the
sense of which is briefly as follows: the commitments of the
United States are already enomous and must be confined to
those zones where the special interests of the United States are
involved. Saudi Arabia is not a country to which the United
States can, under the lease lend Act, advance money and is,
moreover, territory regarded as within the British' sphere of
influence, in view of the great friendship existing between treat
Britain and Saudi Arabia, "ery great help has, as is known, been
given and is being given to His MajestyVs Grovemment. Thus, whilst
fully sympathising with Ibn 3aud r s difficulties and expressing their
readiness to help in any other way which the Samdi Arabian
(rov^rnrnent may deem useful, the United States (iovemment cannot
grant the loan requested.
5. yusuf Yasin said that the King appealed to the United States
because he was ashamed to ask His Majesty's (government for further
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C-overnment to tide him over the difficulties of the coming
year as they so generously had done this year.
4. I said that I would report to you the substance of our talk.
I was sure that His Majesty 1 s Government realised Saudi Arabia's
difficult financial position and was, -woreover, deeply grateful
to His Majesty for his loyal and helpful attitude. 1 would present
a case for further assistance in 1942 but i mmst have figures;
loss of pilgrimage and customs revenue, increased expenditure
resulting from war conditions, economies effected ana to be
effected and estimated deficit.
5. I will telegraph again when 1 receive the figures.
(Repeated to Cairo under foreign Office No.2
70on//-i — SECRET
• jAi OUmHU TELECrRA M
With the Compliments of
the Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs. 10th November, 1941.
E.7253/155/25
(Cypher) DEPAITO^ENTAL NO. 2 .
FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO .TEDDA.
No. 220. " i —
HtETfovember, 1941. P. 7.15 a.m. 9th November, 1941.
Repeated to Cairo (for Minister of State). No. 3888.
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The volume consists of telegrams, letters, and reports relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, 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. and the Foreign Office in London, and the Government of India.
Much of the volume covers Saudi-US relations, including:
- US financial assistance to Saudi Arabia;
- the report (ff 146-147) of a medical tour of the country made by the American Mission to Bahrain;
- a trip to Kuwait made by Colonel Hoskins, President Roosevelt's Personal Envoy to Ibn Sa'ud in August 1943;
- the opening of a US Consulate in Dhahran;
- a secret report (ff 223-224) on 'America and Arabia' from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire.
Other subjects covered are:
- the report (ff 79-99) of a trip to Riyadh made by Tom Hickinbotham, 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. in Kuwait;
- the wartime supply situation in the region;
- the financial situation in Saudi Arabia;
- Ibn Sa'ud's relationship with Sa'ud bin 'Abdullah bin Jiluwi, the Amir of Hasa;
- telegraphic communications in the country;
- meteorology, including a report (f 181) on the British Meterological Party's tour of Saudi Arabia;
- Ibn Sa'ud's request for British military and financial assistance.
Also notable within the volume are:
- Gerald De Gaury's interview with Ibn Sa'ud (ff 19-22);
- annual summary reports on Saudi Arabia produced by the British Legation in Jeddah for the years 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944;
- a letter (152-154C) from Bertram Thomas to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire following his trip across Arabia, detailing anything he thought might be useful for the British Government to know;
- a report (f 175) on the Saudi Arabian royal family by the British Legation in Jeddah.
At the end of the volume (ff 249-264) are internal office notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (270 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is an alphabetical subject index to the contents, at the front of the volume (folio 2).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is 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 irregularities: 1A, 1B, and 1C; 28A and 28B; 154A, 154B, and 154C; 216A and 216B.
Condition: the broken spine cover is detached from the volume and enclosed in a plastic sleeve numbered folio 265, at the back of the volume. The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the spine cover.
There is a second sequence that is inconsistent. It is also written in pencil but is not circled.
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