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Coll 6/70 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with Germany (Dr Grobba)' [46r] (91/179)
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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5.
difficulty unich always confronts His i.'ajesty's Govemnent in
providing any tangible reward for Ibn Sard's loyalty. Apart
therefore, from a general need to avoid asking Ibn Sard for
favours, His majesty s Gcvemerit must endeavour to avoid ask
ing him to act in any manner inconsistent with neutrality or
with normal diplomatic relations between two States at peace
with one another. A refusal on the part of Ibn Saud to receive
any German representative would certainly be inconsistent with
such re1ations„
6. iioreover, His Majesty's Government are likely in such
matters to conserve their influence and so gain most in the
long run by trusting Ibn Saud, especially when he has given so
clear an indication of toe line which he really wishes to
follow, and by refraining from advising him in what might seen
their own more immediate interests, if these interests are not
entirely consistent with his.
7. I therefore consider (although reluctantly) that if this
point arises (which it nay not necessarily do at once) you should
say that His Majesty's Government recognise that a refusal by
Ibn Saud to receive any German representative at all would be
inconsistent with normal diplomatic relations; and that this
being so they do not wish, in Ibn Baud's own interests, to ask
him to take this action. You could add however that it is to be
hoped that if any German representative is admitted to Saudi
Arabian territory he will be most carefully watched, and in par-
staff.^ 06 closel " restricted in regard to the numbers of his
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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.
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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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- Coll 6/70 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with Germany (Dr Grobba)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:62v, 64r:68v, 71r:75v, 77r:89v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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