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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [48r] (95/434)
The record is made up of 1 file (214 folios). It was created in 31 Aug 1933-20 Mar 1939. It was written in English and French. 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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(38)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter No. E. 1848[72|25, dated 24th March
1934.
{Received on 4th April 1934, with Political Secretary’s letter No. 13, dated the
29th March 1934.)
Letter frotvt the High Commissioner for Egypt, to the Foreign Office, No. 180
(177!6|34), dated the 24th February 1934.
With reference to Mr. Yencken’s despath No. 77 of January 25th last
[Enclosure to Serial No. (18)1 and to Sir Andrew Ryan’s Despatch No. 393 : f>l|
10 of the 13th instant 1 Enclosure to Serial No. (31)J, copy of which he for
warded to you, on the subject of Saudi debts to Polish arms manufacturers, I
have the honour to inform you that the First Secretary of the Polish Legation,
in the course of conversation with a member of my staff on the 22nd instant,
stated that the Saudi Government’s offer of a special monthly draft on the
Jeddah customs for two thousand pounds (£2,000) was conditional on the supply
by the Polish consortium of a further seventy thousand pounds (£70,000) worth
of arms and ammunition, making the total debt to be liquidated in these monthly
instalments one hundred thousand pounds (£100,000). Ibn Saud had also asked
the Polish consortium to supply him with aeroplanes, and to reorganise the
Government workshop.
2. Mr. Benis again asked whether the Polish consortium would do well to
accept this offer and was again informed that the matter was not one in which
• we could advise him.
3. He professed anxiety to do nothing which might embarrass His Majesty’s
Government whose paramount interests in Arabia he recognised, and said that
if His Majesty's Government preferred that no arms or aeroplanes should be
supplied to Ibn Sand the Poles would not supply them. Was there, he en
quired, any risk that, if the Polish arms-manufacturers accepted the Saudi
terms, Sir Andrew Ryan would oppose the settlement 1 Mr. Benis was re
minded that Sir Andrew Ryan had a certain number of British dept claims
against the Saudi Government to sponsor, the settlement of which he would not
wish anything to prejudice.
4. Mr. Benis took this point at once and stated that he would recommend
his Government to enquire of your Department whether Polish acceptance of
the Saudi Government’s conditions would in any way embarrass His Majesty’s
Government. If so, the consortium would be advised against acceptance.
5. I am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s Minister in
Jeddah.
(39)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated 24th March 1934.
{Received on 4th April 1934, with Political Secretary’s letter No. 13, dated the
29th March 1934.)
Telegram from the Foreign Office, to His Majesty’s Minister, Jedda, No. 29,
DATED THE 16TH MaRCH 1934.
Cairo despatch No. 180 of the 24th February [Serial No. (38)], Saudi
Government’s debts to Polish anns-manufacturers.
If Polish Government approach His Majesty’s Government, it might
provide opportunity to ensure that Saudi Government’s debt to Poles for these
arms is not more favourably treated than Saudi debt to His Majesty’s Govern
ment. We might ask Poles to agree to our informing Ibn Saud that His
Majesty’s Government could not acquiesce in proposed arms transaction with
out assurance that they will receive debt-payments due to them pari passu
with those due to Polish firm and on at least similar scale.
On the other hand such attempted pressure on Ibn Saud even if Poles agreed
might be open to political objections outweighing any advantage. Please
telegraph your observations.
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The file contains the Foreign Office confidential prints of the Arabia Series for the years 1933 to 1938. It includes correspondence, memoranda, and extracts from newspapers. The correspondence is principally between the British Legation in Jedda and the Foreign Office. Other correspondents include British diplomatic, political, and military offices, foreign diplomats, heads of state, tribal leaders, corporations, and individuals in the Middle East region.
Each annual series is composed of several numbered serials that are often connected to a particular subject. The file covers many subjects related to the affairs of Saudi Arabia.
Included in the file are the following:
- a memorandum on Arab Unity produced by the Foreign Office dated 12 June 1933 (author unknown), folios 11-13;
- a memorandum on petroleum in Arabia produced by the Petroleum Department dated 5 August 1933 (author unknown), folios 23-26;
- a record of interviews with Ibn Sa‘ūd, King of Saudi Arabia, conducted by Reader Bullard and George William Rendel between 20 and 22 March 1937;
- a memorandum on Yemen by Captain B W Seager, the Frontier Officer, dated 20 July 1937;
- several records of proceedings of ships on patrol in the Red Sea, including that of HMS Penzance , Hastings , Colombo , Bideford , and Londonderry .
Folios 213-15 are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (214 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 217; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-215; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 7v:9r, 10r:13r, 14v:18r, 19r, 20r:22r, 23r:46r, 47r:57v, 58v, 59v:61v, 63r, 64v:66v, 68r:76r, 77r:86r, 87r:88v, 89v:103v, 105r:111v, 112v:120v, 121v:122r, 123r:127r, 128v:131v, 133r:137v, 138v:143r, 144v:154r, 155r:175r, 176r:181v, 182v, 184v:196v, 198r:198v, 201r:204v, 206r:207r, 208r:212r, 213r:216v, back-i, back
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