'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations' [149r] (304/510)
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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11/38.
INDIA OF?ICI,
’WHITEHALL, 3. V. 1 .
7th October; 133Q-
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Sir
I am directed by the Secretary of State for ^ndia to
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refer to Mr. Baggallay’s letter of tne 1st Jaly? ***********/
150/91? regarding the possibility of arranging bne cession
to Ibn Sand of territory adjoining the Khor al Odeid, and
to forward, for the information of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a letter dated the OOtl^^'
ao
August from the (government of India, and of a letter dated
. .....
the 10tii September from the Officiating Resident m tue
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
? containing their latest views upon this matter*
Lord Zetland? having carefully reconsidered the
proposal in the light of the arguments advanced in the letter
quoted above, finds himself in general agreement with the
criticisms of the Government of India and especially with
what is stated in paragraph 3(c) of this letter. He is
impressed by the difficulty that the proposal could not be
carried out without serious rish 01 damage, now ana
hereafter, to the strength of the position of His Majesty’s
Government in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. There is a or example the
danger that such a transaction mighc seriously injure their
prestige by inviting doubts as to their aoility bo j^ouect
the interests of the Sheikhs or by impairing their
reputation for scrupulous ooservance of their declarations*
Moreover, even if His Majesty’s Government were willing to
incur these risks, the probability that tne proposed coooion
of territory would materially influence Xbn Laud o attitude
in the matter of Palestine is acknowledged to be remote and
it/
Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
S. ¥. 1 .
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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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- '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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