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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [145v] (290/434)
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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could reasonably say were too onerous for his slender budget. But if I
knew my suspicion to be well founded I should still hesitate to recommend
a sc erne which in the long ru^i would not I fear give satisfaction to
either party. G
8.1 am sending copies of this despatch and its enclosures to the
1Je J? ar * ment of Overseas Trade, Rome, Cairo, Bagdad, Jerusalem, Bushire
Letter from Sheykh Yusuf Yasin, Saud-i-Arab Kingdom, to Sir H. W.
Bullard, British Legation, Jedda, dated 18 th October 1936 .
I am glad to write to you this letter directly after I have had the
honour of seeing His Majesty my Lord the King at Hail on my return
from Jedda. I am also glad to convey to you an expression of His
. s pleasure for hearing of the friendly conversations between us
in the affairs we discussed and which I submitted to His Majesty.
I am sorry my stay in Jedda was short and was not prolonged to _
enable me to speak to you of matters which we hoped may help for the ^
promotion of the co-operation and collaboration between this country and
your friendly country. After my arrival my Government have begun to
contemplate sending missions for education to be trained in aviation
abroad, so I found it better to write to you this private letter asking for
your assistance in approaching the British Government with a view to
finding out whether they would agree to accept training such missions in
their schools. The Mission which will be sent shall not exceed ten to
fifteen persons a year and it will be annually year after year. I therefore
shall be glad if you will be good enough to enquire about the necessarv
terms and the help which the students may expect to get from the British
Government in their training and the yearly expenses for each person.
The purpose of such missions is to learn civil,and military aviation.
I shall be grateful to Your Excellency if you would be good enough to
furnish me with this information in the earliest possible convenience.
Letter prom Sir R. W. Bullard, British Legation, Jedda, to Sheykh
Yusuf Yasin.
T hasten to reply to your letter of 2nd Sha’bai (October 18th) which
reached me yesterday and to express my thanks for the kind message
from His Majesty the King which had the honour to receive by that means.
I am reporting to His Majesty’s Government by telegraph your private
suggestion about the training of Saudi students in aviation in England,
and will communicate their reply to you as soon as it is received. I hope
that there is no need to assure you with what sympathy His Majesty’s
Government must regard the desire of the Saudi Arab Government ^to
secure technical training for their young men so that they may take part
m the development and defence of their country. Nevertheless I feel that
I ought to remind you that at the present moment His Majesty’s Govern
ment are engaged in the reorganisation and wide extension of the British
Air Force, and that according to my personal information, this task
occupies the time and energies of the aviation authorities fully that they
might find it difficult to provide for Saudi students the facilities which the
training of pilots and aircraftmen requires. This training is a long and
expensive business and I know that my Government would not wish to
undertake it unless they felt that they could secure results that would do
credit to both parties. In this letter, however, I am speaking privately
just as you were in your letter. Hope to be able to write to you more
definitely on the subject very soon.
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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)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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