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'File 61/11 X (D 170) Nejd-Hejaz Miscellaneous' [58r] (128/554)
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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would break down if Ibn Sa^d ere to give away these supplies
of if the Sa^di .Arabian authorities felt.themselves obliged to
hand them out to consumers who were u able to produce full
purchase price in Rials. There may be some method of safe
guarding the position in this respect. Could you for example
recommend that Ibn Saud should be asked to instruct Gellatly
Hankey to take delivery and sell to distributing local
merchants for cash which they would hand over to Finance Min
ister , against his receipt for an equivalent amount out of
subsidy ? In any case the U.K.C.C# are considering appointing
G.H. as their Resident Commercial Agent at Jeddah.
7. Treasury appreciate that if these arrangements work it
will be difficult to bring them to an end until oil royalties
and resumption of pilgrimage bring increased revenue. VTr hile
under no illusions about this, they wish to defer as long as
possible the time when Ibn Saud takes for granted assistance
on this scale and asks for more in addition. You may therefore
when explaining our intentions to Saudi Arabian authorities,
use the formula in paragraph No. 2 of Rugman^s report viz
until necessary ne*". arrangements regarding supply have
been fully tested and general results ascertained; but it is
for the better not to refer to the figure of 250,000 pounds
sterling a month since our assistance in the immediate future
will exceed that amou t; best course may thus be to speak of
making up (but still pending effective working of new arrange
ments) assistance in 1942 to 5 million jpimds in all, including
of course sovereigns and supplies as well as sterling provided
for other than pruposes mentioned in paragraph No. 6 of the
report.
8. Building up of reserve of 350,000 Egyptian pounds recom
mended in paragraph : T o.-6 of the report seems clearly less urgent
and Treasury are disposed to agree to this only if it
can be done within the total limit of 5 million pounds for 1942.
9. M alternative of 5 million pounds in 1942 will not cover
the real needs, might be to treat provision of sovereigns as a
Short term loan additional to the 3 million pounds and repay
able authmatically out of currency other than Rials received by
Gellatly Hankey for supplies. I should be glad of your
views on this alternative, but you should not mention it to
the Saudi Arabian Government without further reference to me.
In return for gold and silver so received we might consider
further minting and supply of Rials at leisure if the listing
circulation is inadequate. <
10. Government of India will no doujytfcomment on proposal in
the last sentence of your telegram No. 130 but meanshile you
should not (repeat not) assume that they will agree. Are
Treasury right in assuming that request for dollar loan from
the Company is not being pressed and will not be pursued if the
arrangements now under discussion are adopted (refer to last
sentence of your paragraph No.6)? For your own information
any dollars provided by the Oil Company mil probably be obtained
from us as the company can claim its dollar expenses from our
exchange tariff.
11. Whether alternative ©lution in paragraph No 9 is or is
not adopted, we attach importance to prevention as far as possi
ble of smuggling of gold (or for that matter
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
) out of
Saudi Arabia.
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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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- 'File 61/11 X (D 170) Nejd-Hejaz Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine-a:spine-c, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1cv, 2r:153v, 154ar:154cv, 155r:185r, 186r:215v, 216ar:216bv, 217r:229v, 231r:232v, 238r:267v, back-i
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