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'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations' [‎145r] (296/510)

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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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5, Tiiu 3rea»ons for &iia conclusion my be suaxnnrised as
follows {
(a) The For@%a Office uiomelirm ad^dt that, even if
I bn ;>aud ware imucou by the cession of Khor-el- Kieid to aciree
to a settled frontier vis-a-vxs the Truoial j>Ui.Uw $ ine affect
would aia'tliy be ^ermnent so far as Ii»i ;laud 9 e attitude to-
wards tiie Palestine question is ooncarned* The QoTernment of
India would further and state idat in tiieir opinion no
gesture of fruandahip on the part of His ajaaty 1 * Government
avail to prevent Ibn ^md mu Me suojocts from actively
assisting tlieir coreligionists in ITile.aine, unless some
ap easement of tific situation there can be taoured Mfore long
by His llajeety 1 * Goverasent* Ibn baud’s present disposition
id, s»o far as tlie Government of Inuia understand it, to avoid
my zrietion with ureat Britain ana, if m does eventually
uacide to add to His majesty’s UoVermont’s difficulties in
Palestine, it will not be on account of chagrin at failure to
obtain the iaetern and Southern Frontiers, which he desires,
but because he is compelled to this aoiu*se by pressure from
Uie Moslem world in general, whieh ize is not able to resist.
The cession of Khor-el-Qdeid will not therefore, in the
opinion of the Government of India have any material effect
upon Ibn .laud’s behaviour with reamed to Palestine either in
the imnouiate or the remote future. Theyhold this opinion the
**iore strongly because they do not consider that Ibn Saud would
be grateful or ^rould regard himself aa under any obligation to
Ms Majesty’s CJovemasnt by reason of their allowing him to
take territory which he regards as Ms by ngiit and not by
favour f
(b) The Government of India are by no means satisfied
tmt the ojession of Khor-el-;Xieid woiild in result in tiie
sstablisir^ent of a fixed and agreed frontier between laudi
Arabia and the territories of the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi*
,ven —

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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).

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1 volume (250 folios)
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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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