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Limited and, I think, Ford) which he now puts at about £50,000 gold. He said
that he had got the interest on all these debts, between £2,000 and £3,000—a
statement which does not quite agree with what he told me sometime ago in
Jedda. He had no idea what the Saudi Governmentiwould do when the present
moratorium expires in November next. He agreed that they would do well to
make some sort of businesslike arrangement and stick to it but seemed to take a
very moderate view of the likelihood of their doing so.
This record of a friendly conversation over the tea-table may not be exact in
every particular, but it represents with sufficient accuracy the main lines of
what Mr. Philby told me.
(Signed) ANDREW RYAN.
October 4th, 1983. i
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{Received on 18th November 1933, with Political Secretary's letter No. 44, dated
2nd Noveinber 1933.)
Letter from the Admiralty, to 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. , No. M.-5008 33, dated the
26th October 1933.
I am commanded by My Lords Gommissioners of the Admiralty to transmit
for the information of the Secretary of State for India in Council extracts from
a report of proceedings of H. M. S. “ Penzance ” covering the period 2nd
September to 1st October 1933.
Enclosure 1 to Serial No. (49).
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Report by the Commander-in-Command, IT. M. S. “ Penzance ” at Aden, dated
the 2nd October 1933 of proceedings for the period 2nd September to 1st
October 1933.
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Section “ B
3. Port Sudan,—As previously reported, “ Penzance ” arrived at Port
Sudan at 0700 on 2nd September
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7. On 8th September, the Master of the S. S. “ Jehangir ” (Bombay and
Persia S. N. C.) visited the ship in quest of information as to the approaches to
the port of Jizan, his ship having been chartered by the Saudi-Arabian Govern
ment to convey thither 700 troops from Jedda.
8. On the same day the Acting Commissioner called on the Commanding
Officer in connection with suspicions of being engaged in the smuggling of
Opium which were entertained by the Police against the Official Interpreter.
The matter was fully investigated and the accusations proved to be based on a
case of mistaken identity. The incident, however, served a useful purpose in
impressing on the new Ship’s Company the gravity with which the Drug Traffic
is regarded.
9. In this connection the campaigns of Russel Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in Egypt have now
rendered the importation of drugs through the northern ports and on the north
coast and across the western and eastern frontiers a far more risky undertaking
than formerly, with the result that the Egyptian authorities have naturally
turned their eyes towards the Sudanese frontier as being the obvious alternative
for the development of new smuggling activities. This in turn has resulted in
an even closer surveillance in Port Sudan, but although it is understood that no
evidence has been found of an extensive entrepot trade, the opium traffic for local
consumption has been proved to be on a considerably larger scale than was
originally suspected.
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