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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’ [183r] (365/564)
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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Record of Meeting with PUAE BEY HAMZA regarding
air matters, held at the Foreign Office
at 10.15 a.m. on 13th May.
It had "been arranged that Fuad Bey Hamza should meet
Group-Captain Peirse of the Air Ministry for an informal
conversation regarding the question of the provision of
emergency landing grounds on the Hasa coast. Mr. Rendel, at
the beginning of the interview, s aid that it was agreed that
the conversation should be informal and without commitment
on either side.
It was explained to Fuad Bey that the landing grounds
contemplated were only required for use in case of emergency,
and would almost certainly only be used on rare occasions,
and that it was possible that, though primarily useful for
military aircraft, they might also later on be of service to
Imperial Airways (similarly only in case of emergency). Fuad
Bey said that he would prefer for the moment to consider only
the case of military aeroplanes, as he had no knowledge of the
views of King Abdul Aziz as to that of civil aircraft.
Group-Captain Peirse explained what would be involved in
the preparation of the landing grounds contemplated. Fuad Bey
said that he thought there would be no difficulty about members
of the Royal Air Force being present to give technical advice
regarding the preparation of the grounds, the work being
carried out by local labour but paid for by the British
authorities.
He also said that guards and officials would be needed at
the
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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.
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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’
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 9r:102v, 104r:272r, 273r:282v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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