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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [172r] (343/434)
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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may be of use to illustrate it from my short experience. T arrived at Jedda in
the middle of last September, and presented credentials to and dined with the
Amir Feisal, a purely nominal Minister for Foreign Affairs, who at once re
treated to the hills of Taif. The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fuad
Bey, was on leave, and did not return until towards the end of November,
and for two months I saw no none connected with foreign affairs except the
King s secretary, Yusuf Yasin, who came to Jedda at the end of September
to arrange for the exchange of notes about the Treaty of Jedda and connected
matters, communicated a long statement from the King about foreign affairs,
and retired to the other side of Arabia. Between the return of Fuad Bey
towards the end of November and his hurried and surprising departure on
leave a few days before Mr. Rendel was due to arrive, I have had occasional
interviews—sometimes at tiresomely long intervals—with Fuad Bey, whom
there is reason to think that the King does not entirely trust, and who I
think has misled me on one or two occasions.
5. I may mention that during the course of the conversations reported in
the enclosure the King twice said that he hoped I would pay him a visit at
Riyadh. For many reasons such a visit is not to be undertaken lightly, but
it may be useful to have the invitation in hand if matters of importance have
to be dealt with and no satisfaction can be obtained here during the long
interval between two successive annual visits of the King to Jedda, the only
place in Saudi Arabia where a foreign representative is allowed to reside.
6 . I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure to Cairo, Jeru
salem, Bagdad, Bushire and Aden.
Enclosure to letter No. 41, dated the 12th April 1937.
Record of conversations in the course of interviews granted by His Majesty
King Abdul Aziz to Sir Reader Bullard and Mr. Rendel on March 20,
21 and 22, 1937. Sheikh Yusuf Yasin and Sheikh Hafiz Wahba were
present throughout, and the Amir Feisal appeared on two occasions.
Sheikh Hafiz Wahba and Sir Reader Bullard interpreted.
First IntervieWy March 20.
The King began by laying down the pirnciples which governed his life :
(1) his religion, (2) his determination to keep his name above reproach, and
(3) devotion to his religion and to the interests of his subjects. He was a
self-made man, having started with nothing in the world, and provided that
he stuck to his principles he was prepared to go back to nothing. Times
were changing, the pristine honesty of the world was declining, but he would
never pursue a crooked path. He believed in consulting everyone, but no
one could lead him by the nose. He would always speak to His Majesty’s
Government frankly and sincerely. All sorts of stories were afloat about his
subservience to the Italians, but he could assure His Majesty’s Government
that they were nonsense. Mr. Rendel said how much the King’s frankness
was appreciated by members of the Government in Great Britain, and Sir
Reader Bullard said that he was sure that the King was never suspected by
His Majesty’s Government of subservience to Italy, and that His Majesty’s
Government knew that his policy was directed to what was their object as
well as his, viz., the maintenance of the independence of Saudi Arabia.
2 . Ibn Saud said that he was a Moslem first of all, but he believed that of
all the European Powers the one with whom it was to the advantage of the
Arabs everywhere to be on good terms was Great Britain. After some talk
on these lines Sir Reader Bullard took the opportunity to convey the thanks
of His Majesty’s Government for the advice which the King had given to the
Mufti of Jerusalem when the mufti appealed for his help recently (Foreign
Office telegram No. 12 of the 1st March). The King expressed pleasure at
this mark of appreciation of his efforts and repeated what he had said to the
mufti (he had advised him to co-operate with the British in maintaining order
and to await the result of the Royal Commission), and he said that he had
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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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