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'File 53/54 V (D 129) Kuwait Blockade' [21r] (39/384)
The record is made up of 1 volume (193 folios). It was created in 31 Oct 1935-1 Apr 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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EASTERN (Arabia ). " v f December 30, 1935.
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CONEIDENTIAL. Section 5.
[E 7570/206/25]
Sir A. Ryan to Sir Samuel Hoare.—(Received December 30.)
{No. 352.) y/-
Sir, y Jedda, December 10, 1935.
WITH reference to my telegram No. zl6 of the 8th December, I have the
honour to forward a record, which I made before leaving Riyadh, of my
conversations there regarding the Koweit blockade.
2. I may mention that on the occasion of my first visit to the Sheiikh of
Koweit, in presence naturally of 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.
, I gave his Excellency
renewed assurances of the strong desire of His Majesty's Government to remove
his grievance against Ibn Saud in respect of the blockade and told him that I
was taking to Riyadh new instructions on the subject.
3. In order to impress on Ibn Saud the importance of this question in the
eyes of His Majesty's Government, I put it second only to the eastern frontier
question, when informing Fuad Bey and later the King himself, of the subject
I wished to discuss during my visit.
4. You will observe that my conversation with Fuad Bey on the
26th November was generally unsatisfactory. I think that he has already seen
for himself that the not-a-single-case-of-smuggling condition was absurd, but
was mortally afraid of his master. By the next day, he had evidently persuaded
the King to be more reasonable.
5. I consider that Fuad Bey's suggestions regarding the control of persons
carrying goods require very careful scrutiny. I did not press him to define more
precisely what he had in mind, because, while anxious to appear sympathetic
once I had gained the main point, I thought it better to wait and see how the
suggestion, as stated in general terms by Fuad Bey, would strike the authorities
in Koweit from the point of view of practicality.
6. I need hardly say that, if it should be at all possible to meet the views
of the Saudi Government as now modified, I hope that the Koweit authorities
will do so and suggest practical arrangements. I think it would be best to
continue the negotiations through this Legation, rather than suggest a resump
tion of the local conference. The great thing, in my opinion, is now to advance
as soon as possible to an exchange of notes, in the hope that Ibn Saud may then
relax his blockade measures, and to see over a period of six months or a year
how the new arrangements work. I think that Ibn Saud was greatly impressed
by the argument that his attitude hitherto has been inconsistent with his
professions of friendship for His Majesty's Government.
7. I ventured to discuss with Colonel Fowle and the Political iVgents, quite
privately and without in any way pre-judging your views, a suggestion of my
own that it would strengthen the position vis-a-vis Ibn Saud in discussions affect
ing Koweit (and Bahrein), if means could be found to confer upon the Sheikh
(and on the Sheikh of Bahrein, for similar reasons) the title of "His Highness."
As I explained 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.
, I am well aware that this suggestion
may present difficulty from other points of view, but I have long felt that, in
correspondence with the Saudi Government, in which I have so often to impress
on them the importance attached by His Majesty's Government to the position
of the Sheikh of Koweit (and that of the Sheikh of Bahrein) as an independent
ruler, I should have to use the title of "His Excellency," which, however
respectable, is normally borne by subjects and which, moreover, has nowhere been
so belittled by indiscriminate use as in the Near and Middle East.
8. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure to the Government
of India, Bushire and Koweit.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
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This file contains correspondence related to a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], the King of Saudi Arabia.
The correspondence is primarily between British officials attempting to mediate between the two parties and the file contains detailed notes regarding negotiations between them at a conference held in Kuwait.
The file also contains translated copies of correspondence between the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian delegations and translated correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ the ruler of Kuwait.
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- 1 volume (193 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1A.
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: Some of the file's folios have Foreign Office index numbers circled in red crayon or red ink. There is a modern foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing. It is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 201. The following folios are missing from the sequence: f 2, f 4, f 6, f 8, f 10, f 22 and ff 24-29. The file contains the following foliation error: 1, 1A.
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