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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’ [279r] (556/564)
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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X am oomttaaded by the Air Counoil to refer to
Foreign Of lice letter of the l5th February, E.?fc3/723/li5 trsme-
mitting a oopy of a telegram from Hie Majeety^ HeprosentatiTe,
Jedaoh, on the euojeot of facilities for the llijht of aircraft
along the Haea Coast end to acquaint you, for the information
of the .Seoretasy of s>tate lor foreign Affaire, that as attempts
to establish pearling flights hare proven abortive despite
Continued effor ts during the past thres ye .re they tflute the view
that it would be better to aoaudon the iaea of using these
flight© as a method of approach to the question of flight alone.
, tua haca Coast and oonfine themselves to a request for the
facilities required in oomiection with the use of the version
Gulf Air ^oute by British aircraft.
It would then be possible to explain to King Ibn
baud that while Hie kajeety^s Cover* ment do not ask for any
general permission to fly over Nejd territory they desire to
receive an ansuranoe that if in the course of their flight along
the lereian Uulf Air Route aircraft are compelled by force
majeure to enter and alight on Nejd territory they will be
treated in accordance with the usual rules of international
courtesy.
it is also desirable that pilots travsrsing the
stretch of h&Q miles between howeit and Bahrein should ue av are of
the location of landing grounds on wi,ieh in the event of their
being compelled to enter ftejd territory, they could land with
safety.
The Council suggest that air Anurew Ryan should be
The nder beoretar, of State,
Foreign Office,
b. ft»i.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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