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Coll 6/2 'Hejaz-Nejd: Italo-Hejaz-Nejd Treaty and Relations. Attitude of Saudi Govt during Italo-Ethiopian Dispute.' [99v] (199/368)
The record is made up of 1 file (182 folios). It was created in 9 Sep 1930-9 Aug 1938. It was written in English. 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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Mr. Calvert then had several further discussions with
Yasin, who was^fervid in his protestations of Saudi
friendship for H.M.G. In this connection Mr. Calvert’s
very tentative proposal (Jedda telegram No.159 of 7th
September - P.Z.6637/35) that in his personal capacity he
inconsistency between their professions of friendship for
K.M.G. and their actual attitude over Koweit and the question
of the dispensaries, was turned down by the Foreign Office.
We could, I suppose, hardly object to this. The Foreign
Office advice to the Saudis to maintain an entirely impartial
attitude and to avoid offending the Italians (Foreign Office
telegram No.109 - P.Z.6637/35) seems to have been in accordance
with the actual line taken by the Saudis vis-a-vis the Italians.
Mr. Calvert was given discretion, if pressed by the Saudis, to
assure them that, in the event of unfortunate developments, H.M.G.
and the League would not be unmindful of any who helped in the
general cause and that in the event of an Italian attack on
Saudi Arabia, which would be a direct violation of Italy’s
undertakings to H.M.G. under the Rome Understanding of 1927,
H.M.G. could not remain indifferent; but he did not require
to make use of this discretion.
3. The Saudis showed some anxiety lest ships which normally
carried pilgrims might be diverted round the Cape from the
normal Red Sea route. In this connection I understand from the
Board of Trade that there i s no truth in the rumour (mentioned
in the telegram on P.Z.7277/35) that the Blue Funnel Line are to
Saudis agreed some time ago to supply camels to the Italians in
exchange for arms, but that they hoped to keep the actual state
of affairs secret in case H.M.G. should conclude that Ibn Saud
openly preferred Italian to British friendship. The public arrival
of a consignment of Italian arms naturally caused the Saudis some
change over to the route via the Cape. 1'OLiTICAL COMMITTE.*.,'
4. The latest telegrams on the file tend to show that the
SEEN J
3 0 OCT 1955
embarrassment.
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This file discusses relations between the Italian Government and the Hejaz-Nejd (later the Saudi Arabian) Government. It contains copies of Foreign Office correspondence, forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India. Included are the following:
- Reports from His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda, Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, on the progress of France's and Italy's respective treaty negotiations with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
- Reports from the British Ambassador in Rome, Ronald William Graham, on press reports announcing the completion and terms of two treaties (a Treaty of Friendship and a Treaty of Commerce) between the Government of Italy and the Government of Hejaz-Nejd.
- A copy of the treaty between the British Government and the Hejaz-Nejd Government [the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927].
- Copies of translations of the two treaties between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of the Hejaz, Nejd and its dependencies, dated 4 April 1932.
- Reports that the Italian Government has raised the status of its representation in the Hejaz and Nejd to that of a legation.
- Copies of correspondence between Cecil Gervase Hope Gill's successor, Albert Spencer Calvert, and the Foreign Office, concerning Calvert's meetings with Ibn Sa'ud's representative, Shaikh Yusuf Yasin, during August-October 1935, over Saudi Arabia's attitude towards the Italo-Ethiopian dispute and eventual conflict (the Italo-Ethiopian War).
- Copies of correspondence between the British Minister at Jedda, Andrew Ryan, and the Foreign Office, regarding the former's meetings with Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fuad Bey Hamza, during late 1935 and early 1936, over Saudi relations with Britain and Italy.
- Reports on negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia.
- Copies of telegrams from Andrew Ryan to the Foreign Office, recounting his meetings with Shaikh Yusuf Yasin during April-May 1936, regarding Saudi-Italian relations.
- Details of gifts from the Italian Government to the Saudi Government, including arms and aeroplanes.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (182 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 183; 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. The leather cover wraps around the documents; the back of the cover has not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 4-182 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, front-i, 2r:50v, 52r:68v, 72r:85v, 87r:140v, 142r:150v, 152r:155v, 162r:162v, 164r:164v, 167r:183v, back
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