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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [164r] (327/434)
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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the opportunity to see His Excellency Fuad Bey and to speak of the matter
again.
It is true that when one of Mr. Philby’s cars broke down the Aden autho
rities did not object to his going into the Hadhramaut to obtain spares, but
no such need drove Mr. Philby to visit Shabwa, which is incontestably
in the Aden Protectorate though not in the Hadhramaut and it was in parti
cular on the question of Shabwa that I based the earlier conversation which
I had with His Excellency Fuad Bey. No suspicion can attach to the Govern
ment of H. M. King Abdul Aziz in this matter in view of the assurances which
they have given, but Your Royal Highness will permit me to say that it is
for His Majesty’s Government to judge how the arrival of Mr. Philby with
an armed Saudi force (or escort) might be viewed by persons living in the Aden
Protectorate. But I do not wish to prolong this question any further, and
I conclude by stressing the comment which I made to His Excellency Fuad
Bey on December 26th as to the great impropriety committed by Mr. Philby
in procuring an armed force (or escort) from the Saudi Government for topo
graphical work in Najran and using it, without their knowledge, for a quite
different and an illegitimate purpose, viz., to enter the territory of the Aden
Protectorate,
(14)
{Received on 20th February 1937 with Political Secretary's letter No. 5, dated
iih February 1937.)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated 27th January 1937.
Letter from Foreign Office, London, to Sir Miles Lampson, Cairo,
No. 81, dated 25th January 1937.
I have read with interest Your Excellency’s Secret despatch No. 1385
(820/4/36) of the 18th December [S. No. (11)], regarding the question of Italian
activities in the Yemen. I am fully alive to the most disquieting features
of the situation discussed in your despatch and the question of the policy
of His Majesty’s Government in this matter is forming the subject of consi
deration in the Middle East Official Sub-Committee of the Committee of Im
perial Defence.
2. In the meantime, while I do not wish to minimise the dangers of the
position, there are certain considerations which suggest that the Italian Gov
ernment may not be so firmly determined on a policy of intensive penetration
in the Yemen as has sometimes been suggested. I shall welcome an early
expression of your views on the following considerations.
3. In the first place, as you are aware, the Italian Government have vir
tually undertaken in the Rome understanding with His Majesty’s Govern
ment of 1927 not to establish themselves at any point on the Arabian coast
of the Red Sea. I realise that it would be unwise to place too much reliance
on such an undertaking on the part of the Italian Government but it should
be noted that it is accompanied by a corresponding virtual undertaking on
the part of His Majesty’s Government that they also will not establish them
selves on any point of the Arabian coast of the Red Sea; and that the Italian
Government have in the past shown that they attach great importance to this
undertaking to which they have frequently appealed. The view has more
than once been expressed that one of the many motives inspiring Italian
policy to-day is a fear that His Majesty’s Government may themselves be aim
ing at some extension of their territorial or political influence in Arabia.
Such a fear is unfounded, but to the Italian mind it may appear to possess
some reality, and it cannot, therefore, be entirely excluded in considering Ita
lian policy in this area. The Italians no doubt realise that if they were to
violate the Rome understanding of 1927 they would thereby free His Majesty’s
Government from any obligation under that understanding. They would thus
enable His Majesty’s Government to occupy any area they desired in the Yemen
bb(C) Ex Affairs Dept
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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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- 'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939'
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- 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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