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Coll 5/1 ‘Persian Gulf Air Routes: Hasa Coast & Flying over Nejd territory — Saudi regulations for the landing of foreign aircraft’ [122r] (243/564)
The record is made up of 1 file (281 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1931-3 Mar 1937. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
v — ^
Code telegram to Mr. Hope Gill (Jedda).
Foreign Ol’llce, 7th Decemher, 1932.
No. 154 (R).
3.00 p.m.
Your telegram No. 200 (of the 12th November,
ftaergency landing grounds on Hasa Coast).
Air Ministiy consider likelihood of Imperial Airways
machines having to land on the Hasa Coast extremely remote.
In improbable event of forced landing being necessary, it
might have to be made on first available spot.
2. You should therefore proceed with action on my
despatch No. 357 (of the 26th October). But to safeguard
position of Imperial Airways and to meet possible Saudi
suspicions, you should in addition explain that same
facilities are not required for Company’s as for service
aircraft since owing to their four engines and Company’s
policy of avoiding undue risks, it is unlikely that they
will have to make a forced landing on the Hasa Coast;
but that His Majesty’s Government foel sure that in such
improbable event they could rely on the humanity of the
Saudi Government to do their best to secure the safety of
the aircraft concerned and to allow the necessary help to
be sent.
3. There is thus no need for you to submit a draft
by telegraph.
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The file contains correspondence and papers related to negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia for the establishment of emergency landing grounds along the Hasa Coast, and proposed arrangements for their maintenance. The intention was that these facilities would be used by aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) or Imperial Airways in the event of an emergency. It further covers measures to be taken to prevent the intrusion of British aircraft into Saudi territory during the progress of negotiations.
Also briefly covered in the file is a visit by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to the Netherlands in 1935 (see folios 26-71) and the attitude of the Saudis to foreign aircraft flying over their territory (see folios 3-21).
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Jeddah (Sir Andrew Ryan), officials of the Foreign Office (mainly George William Rendel), and officials of the Air Ministry (mainly James Stirling Ross). The negotiations are primarily undertaken through Fuad Bey Hamza and Shaikh Yusuf Yasin.
Prior to 1932, Saudi Arabia was known as the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, and this is reflected in the file.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 282; 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. Bookmarks are present on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of f 41 and f 272; these have been labelled with an ‘a’.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1947
- Title
- Coll 5/1 ‘Persian Gulf Air Routes: Hasa Coast & Flying over Nejd territory — Saudi regulations for the landing of foreign aircraft’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 9r:102v, 104r:272r, 273r:282v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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