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'File 61/11 X (D 170) Nejd-Hejaz Miscellaneous' [12r] (36/554)
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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6 ihe Minister of finance promised t.o study the possibilities of
economics but. as the only obvious economy consists in curbing ibn
Saud's generosity he is on delicate ground. lbn t 3aua T s generosity,
is moreover, one*'of the qualities which helps him "o maintain his
arip on the country. ^Expenditure on an efficient standing amy is
avoided by his distri 1 v t ion of money and Good to the Nejdis, and
his gifts" to Heiazi townsmen have not only increased his popularity
in Hejaz but have probably proved much less expensive than would have
been a properly regulated "dole".
?• in giving me figures the Minister of finance said that ibn
Saud r had hoped to avoid asking His Majesty's Government for more
than they had hitherto so generously given him and had therefore
appealed to the United States U-overnment for 10,000,000 dollars
which sum would, if His Majesty's Government had continued to help
him to the extent of £500,000 a year, have enabled him to carry
on. He read the United States not^-to mean that whilst the
United States GrOvemmen f ©ould not afford direct help they thought
His Majesty's n-overnment would help out of funds to be placed at
their aispbsal under lend-lease Act.
8. I have discussed figures with the manager of Oalifomian Arabian
Standard Oil 'Jompany who thinks that if his company can.advance
3,000,000 dollars (ne has had no indication that they will be
able to do so), £3,000,000 is a fair estimate of Saudi Arabian
Government's requirements for 1942 and confirms that in his
opinion they are in immediate need of a minimum of £250,000.
Thou, " h these siffl s» if made available, would fall short of the
k tTcrtal estimate44they should enable the Government to carry on at
least as good a hand to mouth existence as in the past year.
9. In submitting these facts and figures for your consideration
I would stress the point that any help gov en to Ibn Saud must now
be regarded not so much as a reward to him for his good behaviriuB
but as a war measure aimed at preventing the collapse of his regime,
a collapse whose consequences might well cost His Majesty's
Government more millions than those required to maintain it.
^xt.7281/41 .
SECRET (GY PHRP)
Mr. Stonehewer-Bird.
No.534 .
11th November 1941.
With the compliments of the
Under Secretary of State for
Forei® Affairs 12th Nov. 1941.
N0« 2
M J^DDA TO FOP^I^I OFFICE .
D. 9.45 a.m., 11th November, 1941.
R. 12.45 p.m., 11th November, 1941.
IMMEDIATE
My telegram Mo.33^
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Minister of Finance has(?grp. omtd.) v/hether quarter of a
million pounds which they most urgently need can be made available
at once. When I said I feared this would be impossible, he b(
that an assurance be that a quarter odr a million pounds
would be at his disposal in the near future as bank might then lend
him the money. Manager of CalifomiarhrArabian Standard Oil Company
confirms that for two months. Ministry of finance have been pressing
him to lend an additional 1,000,000 dollars before mid-November,
but his company have refused,
by the belief that His Majest
■o provide the sum required.
swayed to some extent, I gather,
esty's Government would find it possible
;A.H.
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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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