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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’ [194r] (387/564)
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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financial arrangements in Persia, he said that at the time of
the agreement between the Persian Crovenment and Imperial Air
ways, His Majesty’s Government had made many concessions in
other directions to Persia. He rattled off a list of questions
between us and the Persian Government, both settled and unsettled.
I said he seemed to know a great deal about a subject of which ay
own recollection was faint, as I had been in orocco at the time.
I headed him off the subject.
7. In the course of the conversation, which was long
and of which I have summarized only the main points, reference
was made to specific sites including Jinnah Island. Fuad Bey,
noting that I had surgested three landing grounds, asked which
they were. I said I had not been referring to specific places,
except in the case of Jinnah, which did seem to be specially
suitable, owing to its position, to the feet that it was known
to have bee i surveyed and that it satisfied a condition to
which the Kihg was believed to attach importance, that of being
an island. I had no similar information about any other place.
It would be for his Gove mment to select the beet laces,
although as I had said, it would help them and be in our
interest, if advantage were taken of the oifer of assistance of
our experts in the Royal Air Force. Fuad Bey himself mentioned
Jubail and t>arin Island, as being places which had been surveyed
and at which he thought some marking hrd been done.
8. I was extremely disappointed by Fuad ley’s
reaction. It is quite clear that he dislikes the whole idea
and would like, if the King should agree to the request of His
Majesty’s Government, to see him drive a hard bargain. I
could only ask him to report what I had said and to let me mow
His Majesty’s views in due course. I am afraid that the King
also dislikes the idea of committing himself in any way but it
is
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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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