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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [‎89v] (178/434)

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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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2 . The peninsula of Aden proper, extending to Khormaksar, was vested in the
Crown, as part of India, by the Government of India Act of 1858. In 1868 the
island of Sira and the peninsula of Jabal Ihsan, or Little Aden, were acquired by
purchase and in 1882 the flat strip of coast was also purchased. All the above
territory forms the Aden Settlement and is part of British India.
3. Perim was occupied in 1799, was subsequently abandoned, but was
icoccupied in 1857. It is attached to the Aden Settlement for administrative pur
poses. The remainder of the territory is a British Protectorate.
(23)
{Received on 30th March 1935, with Political Secretary's letter No. 11 dated 14th
March 1935.)
Enclosure in Foreign 0 hce covering letter dated 8th March 1935.
Telegram from the Foreign Office, to H s Majesty’s Ambassador, Rome,
No. 163, dated THE 6th March 1935.
The Air Ministi y wish to send a training flight of five Victoria VI aircraft from
Cairo to Aden and back during the present month. The aircraft will follow the
Red Sea air route, and will stop to refuel at Hurghada, Hassa, Port Sudan.
Massaw J a and post i dy Perim.
Please inform, the Ita i n Government and request the necessary facilities for
the flight along the coast of Eritrea and the stc>p at Massawa, where, Air Ministry
will arrange for laying dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. n stoe ks of aviation fuel. Details of actual dates, etc..
will be furnished as soon as possible. (End of R.)
It is very important that this training flight should take place at an early date
and you should do your best to secure favourable reply as soon as as possible. In
view of the number of occasions recently on which we have granted facilities for
Italian military flights across Egypt and the Sudan, I am confident Italian Govern
ment w ill be glad to co-operate.
(24)
{Received on 13th April 1935, with Political Secretary's letter No. 13, doited 28th March
1935.)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter dated 2Cth March 1935.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Jedda, to the Foreign Office.
No. 4-Conf., dated the 7th January 1935.
I have the honour to refer to my confidential despatch No. 204 of the 2nd
July last [Serial No. (78) in File No. 17-N/34] relative to the activities of
Mr. K. S. Twitchell, xepresentalive of the Saudi Arabia Mining Syndicate
(Limited), and to Jedda report for December 1934 (on File No. 72-N/34) para
graph 304 and preceding reports, where the varying fortunes of Mr. Twitchell
engaged over a period of some six months in negotiating with the Saudi Arab
Government a concession to exploit minerals in this country, have been periodi-
eall\ recorded. The successful conclusion of these negotiations w r as noticed in
the report under reference and was announced in the Mecca Umm-al-Qura of the
28th December in a shoit article which described the concession, signed on the
23rd December 1934, as one for the exploitation of the gold and other mineral
resources of the count! y, with the exception of oil and other liquids, over a res
tricted area. The agieem.en.t, the article stated, would shortly be ratified and
thereafter the text would be published.
2 . Pending the publication of the text of the concession, the following parti
culars, pait’y disclosed in conversation by Mr. Twitchell himself, and partly receiv
ed from other sources, are of interest : (a) The Government are to be assigned 15
per cent, of the shares in any companies to be formed to w ork particular concessions
a provision which it is gathered, proved unplat able to Mr. Twitchell, who favoured
the assignment of 15 per cent, of the initial nominal capital rather than 15 per
cent, of shares actually issued, as and when issued, a point on which he found him
self obliged to yield. Mr. Twitchell stated that he successfully resisted the desire
of the Saudi Government to participate, to the extent of 15 per cent, of the shares

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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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