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Coll 6/19 'Arabia: (Saudi Arabia) Hejaz-Nejd Annual Report.' [‎114v] (229/540)

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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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small minority just mentioned, to the Italian aggression in Abyssinia. This
hostility became articulate in the autumn even in places normally as spineless
and self-centred as Jedda and Mecca. Trivial anti-Italian demonstrations were
said, in October, to have provoked protests by the Italian Charge d’Affaires. On
the Italian side, discretion was observed as regards local propaganda. The
increased use of wireless sets has enlarged the number of people who can listen
to news from abroad, although Jedda appears to be outside the range of the
notorious Bari broadcasts, but the only overt sign of propaganda on the spot,
which came to the notice of the Legation up to the end of the year, was the free
distribution late in December of copies of a Libyan newspaper containing much
glorification of the treatment accorded to Moslem institutions in Libya and a
violent attack on British policy in Egypt.
89. The official attitude of the Saudi Government in regard to the war in
Africa is one of neutrality, but it has been publicly defined only in the account
in the Cairo newspaper Ahram of the 22nd October of an interview given to
their correspondent in the Hejaz by “ a high and reliable person.”
90. The crisis has caused the Saudi Government to consider their position
in regard to the League of Nations, a subject which is dealt with below.
(4) 'Netherlands.
91. The Amir Saud visited the Netherlands in June just before proceeding
to London, and enjoyed for a few days honours similar to those accorded to him
in other capitals. The press published an interview given by Fuad Bey Hamza,
the most interesting passage in which referred to a discussion Fuad Bey had had
with the director of the Koninglikje Luchtvaart Maatschappij regarding the
possibility of the company’s air service following a route across Saudi Arabia
much shorter than the route across Persia. Fuad Bey was represented as having
taken up a sympathetic attitude, but it was clear from his reaction to a mention
of the matter at the Foreign Office on the 25th June that nothing definite had been
arranged.
92. Nothing else of any importance came to light during the year in
connexion with relations between Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands. The move
ment of pilgrims from the Dutch East Indies showed a satisfactory increase,
but the number was still far below that of a few years ago.
93. The Netherlands Charge d’Affaires paid his annual visit to Sana early
in February. He was accompanied by the Dutch engineer who had gone with
him the previous year, and by a former manager of the Netherlands Trading
Company in Jedda; but the visit seemed to be of less importance than that of
1934 (see paragraph 87 of the Report for that year). It may also be noted that
early in the year M. Adriaanse was appointed to the additional post of Nether
lands Charge d’Affaires in Bagdad, and left Jedda on the 22nd April to visit
his new post.
(5) Soviet Russia.
94. Saudi-Russian relations appeared to be at least as stagnant in 1935
as in 1934. Early in the year there were slight signs of a possible renewal of
Soviet commercial interest in this country. The Soviet Minister was said to
be cultivating the Saudi Minister of Finance, and the latter was said to be
thinking of getting out of paying his debt to the Soviet by giving them special
commercial facilities. A M. Guertik, calling himself “Agent General pour le
Commerce de 1’U.R.S.S.,” was attached for some weeks to the Legation in Jedda.
No visible result, however, ensued from his stay.
95. The Soviet Legation in Jedda went to pieces rather during the year.
Only one vice-consul remained when the late Minister, M. Nezir Tourakoulov,
left for good on the 15th December. Relations may be livened up on the arrival
of his successor, M. Kerim Khakimov, who was consul in Jedda from 1924 to
1928, and seems to have been a remnant sort of person.
96. A Russian Moslem lady doctor, named Amina, entered the service of
Ibn Saud in or about April, and after a stay in Taif proceeded to Riyadh, where
she is still employed.

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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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