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‘I/9 Forming of Army in Saudi Arabia’ [‎4r] (7/14)

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The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1944-5 Jun 1944. 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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Rece'ived under 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. Printed Letter Nc.Nil datdd
10th I areh 1944.
With the compliments of the Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
(CYPHER)
E. 140S/325/2_
DEPtiRTi ISKTivL No.2
K1C ; RIYiiDH T O FOREIGN OFFICE .
Llr. Jordan.
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D. 9.50 a.rn. 3rd larch 1944
R-12.15 p.m. 3rd March 1944
2nd March 1944.
Repeated to H. . Min telegram No.11.
Secret
My telegram No. 58
Conversations with Ibn Saud and his advisers in Riyadh over
last four days have followed closely on’ lines set out in my
telegram under reference. They have turned chiefly on questions
of supplies, transport and finance.
2. Until this orning Hafiz V/ahba and Yusuf Yasin were present
at all conversations and on one occasion also Amir Saud.
3. This • orning however Ibn Saud wished to talk to me privately
and confidentially. Conversation lasted for nearly two hours
and turned around above-mentioned questions.
4. Finally Ibn Saud staed he was very dissatisfied with fin
ancial. control in the country and begged that His Majesty's
Government.would at once send a Government Financial.expert to
this country to re-organise financial structure and establish
it on a firm oasis. As most of work will have to be done in
Mecca he requested that expert chosen should be a Moslem of
Sunni persuasion. He had no doubt such an expert could be found
in British territory and he attached greatest importance to his
early selection and arrival. He begged that His Majesty's
Government did not disappo nt him in this to. him, most important
matter.
5. Please see my immediately following telegram regarding his
second request.
( Copies sent to Mr. Smyth)
(CYPHER) DEPART; E NTAL. PC .2
stated that he had appointed Amir.Mansur, one of his sons as
FROM RIYADH TO FORMIGF OFFICE.
Mr. Jordan
No. 7
2nd March, 1944.
D. 10.00 a. m. 3rd ; lar ch' 44
R. 12.30 p.m. 3rd March *44
\
Repeated to .E. Min. telegram No. 12.
IMMEDInTE
SmCRET
My immediately preceding telegram.
In the course of confidential interview Ibn Saud

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Copies of correspondence from the British Minister in Saudi Arabia (Stanley R Jordan) to the Foreign Office, dated 2 March 1944, and subsequently forwarded by 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. to the Government of India, describing the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] request that Britain send financial and military advisers to Saudi Arabia. In his correspondence Jordan describes Ibn Saud’s dissatisfaction with his country’s financial structure, and his stipulation that the adviser should be a Sunni Muslim, as most of the work would be based in Mecca.

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1 file (5 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 6) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.

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