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'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations' [24r] (52/510)
The record is made up of 1 volume (250 folios). It was created in 30 Dec 1937-18 Apr 1942. 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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Government of His Majesty
Ag to the employees of C.A.S.O.C* not going beyond the
places still in dispute. His MajestyGovernment had already
explained to the Company*a reprsentative the actual situation
as arrived at with your Government and had informed him of
the points still in dispute, and they do not believe that the
Company*s employees will go beyond what my Government believe
to be within their territories, just as they believe that the
responsible authorities in the Arab ami rate s on the Persian
Gulf, for their part, will not allow the representatives
or employees of the companies ox>erating in their territories
to cross the line laid down in the note to Sir Andrew Ryan,
until a final agreement has been concluded between the
parties concerned.
As to the despatch of a topographical mission to fix
the position of certain natural features in the areas in
dispute, my Government does not know how those difficulties
can be overcome which were explained by the Deputy (Minister)
for Foreign Affairs in the conversation which he had with you
on Friday December 10th (7th Shawv/al 1356) and would prefer
to learn the opinion of the British Government, whether
they do not share the point of view of the Saudi Government
that it would be advisable to come to a filial settlement of
the frontier, whether by specifying places or by specify
ing lines of latitude and longitude, before proceeding to
make a survey.
I therefore beg you to be so good as to explain the
point of view of my Government on the subject to the
British Government and to acquaint me v/ith their views upon
it.
SD/
FAISAL
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The volume concerns negotiations between the British and Saudi Arabian governments over the question of how to settle the eastern frontier of Saudi Arabia.
The principal correspondents are: HM Minister, Jedda (principally Sir Reader William Bullard); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (principally Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); officials of the 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. , the Government of India, and the Foreign Office; and the Saudi Arabian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Amir Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]).
The papers cover: the attitude of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to the frontier question; the boundary with Qatar; the boundary with Abu Dhabi; the British maintenance of the Blue Line as the frontier; the activities of the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) in the area, including allegations of encroachment by the company to the east of the Blue Line (folios 104-105); the status of Khor al Odeid and Jabal Naksh, and their possible cession to Saudi Arabia; the effect on negotiations of British policy in Palestine; and the activities of Petroleum Concessions Limited, including the need to guard against encroachment upon the southern boundary of the company's concession (folio 229).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (250 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folios 237-249).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 252; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 10-252; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/161
- Title
- 'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:138v, 138ar:138av, 139r:211v, 214r:214v, 216r:220v, 222r:224v, 226r:226v, 228r:231v, 233r:251v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence