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'BAHRAIN - SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS' [‎3r] (5/10)

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The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 1948. 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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Telegram
Q
From
H.M.Ambassador,
Jedda.
To
Foreign Office,
\
London. No.155.
Repeated
for info to 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. , Bahrain,
No,19.
Bated 17th, received 19th April 194S,
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Confidential,
Your telegram No.170 not repeated to Bahrain:
SALE OF X.E.F.C. QUOTA WHEAT BY KUWAIT TO SAUDI ARABIAN
MERCHANTS.
I can see no objection to such a communication
to Ibn Saud but I doubt whether it will have any
appreciable effect. Saudi Arabian Uovernment has always
played fast and loose with their quota allocations and no
doubt regard Kuwait as a convenient centre for unauthorised
transactions. In addition there Is at present a marked
shortage of cereals in the country. Price of bread in
Jedda has recently risen by one-eleventh. An interesting
side-light is that when a member of ny staff recently took
an opportunity of raising this matter indirectly with
Yusuf Yasin, Yusuf Yasin said with some bitterness that
Britain always dealt more generously with smaller than v/ith
larger ( ? om i ssion ) and went on to say that bazaars of
Bahrain and Amman were over-flowing in contrast with Saudi
Arabia. It was pointed out to him that it was I.S.F.C.
which allocated wheat and no longer Middle Fast Supply Centre
But this of course does not affect his general point
especially as it is true at least of Bahrain that bazaar is
better supplied with United Kingdom goods than those of
Saudi Arabia, from which no doubt he mistakenly deduces
that they have ample stocks of everything.
TROTT -

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This file concerns the sale of an International Emergency Food Council (IEFC) quota of wheat by Kuwait to Saudi Arabian merchants. The file consists of one telegram, forwarded by 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. at Bahrain to the Political Agencies at Bahrain and Kuwait, from Alan Charles Trott, His Majesty's Ambassador in Jedda, to the Foreign Office, London, and repeated 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. at Bahrain. The telegram mentions the price of bread at Jedda compared with Bahrain and Jordan, as well as a meeting with Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn], adviser to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raṃān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].

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1 file (3 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover on folio 1 and terminates at the back cover on folio 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are 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.

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