'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations' [77r] (158/510)
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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Enclosure to Jectda aespatcn iso.10 ^ 139/046/13] oi January 23 tu
1936.
Minister lor foreign Aflairs,
Mecca.
9tu Unu* ii ^u f aa, 1306.
IQtn January, 1936.
Your Excellency,
Tne representative oi tne California Arabian Oil
Company informed tne government of ni a Majesty tnat lour
Excellency spoice to nim about tne present position of tne
soutn-eastern frontier, as tne Foreign Office in London spoxe
to tne Company^ representative Mr. Hamilton, in a manner
wnicn mignt be interpreted as implying tne existence of doubts
and suspicion as to nig Majesty’s attitude. iour Excellency
is avare tnat tne question of tne irontiers cannot be discussed
except between tne governments concerned. fne companies act
according to tne instructions issued to tnem by tne governments
concerned in tne territories (in question), and it is tnereiore
mucn to be disired tnat tne company snould not be brougnt into
tne question and tnat tne Britisn government snould avoid dis
cussion witn tne Caliiornia company on a subject wnicn concerns
tne Government of His Majesty alone. tne deputy Minister tor
Foreign Aliairs Has explained to you tne interpretations wnicn
mignt be placed upon tne interference of tne .Britisn government
(in dealing) witn tne Company direct in tnis matter, and my
Government tnereiore nope tnat tne Britisn Government will put
tnis rignt in future.
Signed• 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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- Title
- 'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations'
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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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