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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’ [‎157r] (313/564)

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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Air Ministry reference:
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31st August, 1932.
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My dear Bendel,
a i^Oi Your letter A A 411fi/50-V^ ^ated 23rd August about
flights along the Hasa coast and emergency landing
grounds there. A.0«0. Iraq*s letter of 19th July certainly
goes further than anything we discussed with Fuad Bey Hamza
in one particular respect, namely, that it includes civil
aviation. As I think you are already aware. Imperial .air
ways have disclaimed any interest in facilities on the Hasa
coast and also, as you quite rightly say, it is a principle
of our policy not to offer t6 pay a foreign state for
permission to fly through the air over that state so far as
civil aircraft are concerned. With Military aircraft it is
a different matter, as the regular use of foreign territory
by them would represent a special privilege for which we
should have to pay in the case of those more backward states
who would be in any degree likely to concede the privilege. *
However, both these points are in favour of excluding civil
aviation from our requirements, which should be considerably
simplified by the omission. Incidentally, you will remember
how keen Fuad Bey was in keeping military and civil aviation
distinct.
How about flying over and along the coast. T .?e
entirely agree that it would be a waste of time to put this
up as a separate issue. It should follow as a corollary of
the new and more comprehensive proposals - incidentally
Fuad Bey's own proposals. His own suggestion was that we
should have proper landing grounds maintained and guarded by
Hejdi personnel at our expense. This mast imply our right
to make use of such facilities if and when necessary and
the right to inspection periodically to see that the
landing grounds are serviceable. Fuad Bey recognised this
during our discussion. This being so, th reasons given by
the a.O.C. in paragraph 4 of his letter of 19th July are
Gr.W. Kendel Esq.,
Foreign Office,
Whitehall,
S.W.l.

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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)
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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 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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Coll 5/1 ‘Persian Gulf Air Routes: Hasa Coast & Flying over Nejd territory — Saudi regulations for the landing of foreign aircraft’ [‎157r] (313/564), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1947, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100034826205.0x000072> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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