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Coll 6/70 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with Germany (Dr Grobba)' [28r] (55/179)
The record is made up of 1 file (88 folios). It was created in 30 Nov 1928-8 Dec 1941. 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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5o I suggested that if anyone criticised the size of his
credit he could say that that was all he needed at Uie moment>
if he wanted more next year he would appeal once again to the
generosity of his friends e
4 0 He finally agreed that if he were offered a credit for
£200,000 unrestricted as to its use and if hopes were held out
that his needs next year would receive sympathetic consideration
he would gratefully accept<> he asked that the matter might he
concluded most urgently as within the next few days the new year
began and he must make his purchases of foodstuffs and distribute
presents. hS regards arms he hoped His majesty s u-ove_nment would
not object to his purchasing them if possible from neutral markets
out of credito
5, I sincerely trust that it may prove possible to give
iniuediate effect to my proposal. Ibn Saud has refused to accept
Grobba or any other German. He has agreed to trust us and not
to press for a written guarantee« n satisfactory solution to
these two problems was regarded as being of highest hnportance
and I am confident that you will agree that the granting of a
loan of £200,000 entailing as it does a mere addition of £15,000
to the existing sums earmarked as credits, is a minimum return for
these signal marks of Ibn Saud’s loyalty and confidence.
Repeated to Cairo telegram No. 5 Saving, Bagdad telegram
No. 2. Saving, Jerusalem No. 2 Saving 0
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This file concerns relations between the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) and Germany. The material in the file dates from two periods: 1928-30 and 1939-41. Notable correspondents include the following: the British Agent at Jeddah (Herbert George Jakins); the High Commissioner, Egypt (George Ambrose Lloyd, Lord Lloyd); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Miles Wedderburn Lampson); His Majesty's Ambassador in Bagdad [Baghdad] (Sir Basil Cochrane Newton); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, Sir Reader William Bullard, and later, Hugh Stonehewer Bird); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); officials of the Foreign Office.
The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- The conclusion of a treaty of friendship between Germany and the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd in April 1929.
- The appointment of a German Consul in the Hejaz in 1931.
- Anglo-Yemeni relations.
- Reports in 1940 that Mussolini has been approached by Hitler with a request that the Italian Government should ask Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to allow German diplomatic representative Dr Fritz Konrad Ferdinand Grobba to take residence Jedda.
- Whether Ibn Saud should be urged by the British to refuse to receive Dr Grobba.
- Italy's request for Saudi diplomatic representation in Rome.
- Ibn Saud's requests for financial assistance from the British Government.
- The reported arrival of eight German officers (in civilian disguise) in Iran, in late 1940.
- Reports in 1940 of wireless communication between Riyadh and Germany.
- Reports in November 1941 of pro-German Arabs having attempted to persuade Ibn Saud to call for an Arab congress to be held in Mecca or Medina during the pilgrimage.
In addition to correspondence the file includes a copy of an English translation of the aforementioned treaty.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (88 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 89; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 6/70 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with Germany (Dr Grobba)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:62v, 64r:68v, 71r:75v, 77r:89v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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