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Coll 6/19 'Arabia: (Saudi Arabia) Hejaz-Nejd Annual Report.' [48r] (96/540)
The record is made up of 1 file (268 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1931-18 May 1945. 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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V .
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GqIeRNMENT
Printed for the use of the Foreign Office.
CONFIDENTIAL.
(15503)
1938 y
Oopy 37
SAUDI ARABIA.
ANNUAL REPORT, 1937.
[E 2338/2338/25]
Sir R. Bullard to Viscount Halifax.—{Received April 25.)
(No. 57.)
My Lord, Jedda, March 26, 1938.
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith my annual report for the year
1937. Having been absent from the beginning of July until towards the end of
November, I have had to draw upon the reports and despatches of Mr. Trott
for that long period. Sections IV to XIII are mainly the work of Mr. Gault
and Mr. Judd.
2. I feel that the report is much too long for an out-of-the-way post like
Jedda. Unfortunately the peak of the pilgrim season coincided with the months
of January and February and I was too busy with pilgrim work, with the greater
activity in Saudi diplomatic affairs which always results from the presence of
Ibn Saud in the Hejaz, and with other pressing matters, to be able to devote to
the condensation of the report the time which the process would have taken.
On the other hand, it must be admitted that 1937 was a busy year for Jedda,
owing to the Palestine question, the Anglo-Italian situation, and the tendency of
Ibn Saud to discuss these and other questions with His Maiesty’s Government
at length and to turn to them on all occasions for help and advice.
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
v
Enclosure.
Annual Report on Saudi Arabia for 1937.
Contents.
Paragraph
I. —Introduction ... ... ... ... 1
II. —Foreign relations—
(A) With States in Arabia—
Iraq .. .
4
Palestine
8
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
...
35
Yemen
43
Aden Protectorate ...
52
Muscat and Oman ...
55
Trucial Sheikhs and Qatar
56
Bahrein
61
Koweit
Frontiers: relations with Persian
67
Gulf rulers in general ...
9991 [17650]
71 i
Paragraph
II.—Foreign relations (contd .)—
(B) With Powers outside Arabia—
General ... ... ... ... 73
His Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom ... ... 76
Saudi-
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
frontier ... 93
Eastern and South - Eastern
boundary ... ... ... 94
Supply of arms ... ... ... 110
Air facilities on Hasa coast ... 117
Hejaz Railway ... ... ... 118
Pilgrimage ... ... ... 124
Pecuniary claims ... ... ... 125
Red Sea oil concession ... ... 126
B
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This file contains copies of annual reports regarding the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) during the years 1930-1938 and 1943-1944.
The reports were produced by the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard) and sent to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (and in the case of these copies, forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India), with the exception of the reports for 1943 and 1944, which appear to have been produced and sent by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda, Stanley R Jordan.
The reports covering 1930-1938 discuss the following subjects: foreign relations; internal affairs; financial, economic and commercial affairs; military organisation; aviation; legislation; press; education; the pilgrimage; slavery and the slave trade; naval matters. The reports for 1943 and 1944 are rather less substantial. The 1943 report discusses Arab affairs, Saudi relations with foreign powers, finance, supplies, and the pilgrimage, whilst the 1944 report covers these subjects in addition to the following: the activities of the United States in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East Supply Centre, and the Saudi royal family.
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 (268 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-12 and ff 45-268; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.
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