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Coll 6/57 'U.S.A.: Saudi Relations with U.S.A.' [60r] (119/132)
The record is made up of 1 file (64 folios). It was created in 9 May 1931-15 Jan 1947. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
Decembrnnrrwsi.
CONFIDENTIAL.
SE<?Tiort 3.
E 7725/7491/25]
No. 1.
(No. 332.)
Sir,
Sir John Simon to Sir A. Ryan (Jedda).
Foreign Office, December 14, 1933.
WITH reference to Mr. Calvert’s despatch No. 330 of the 12th November,
I transmit to you the accompanying copy of a provisional agreement relating to
commerce, shipping, &c., which was signed on the 7th November last in London
by the United States Ambassador and the Saudi Arabian Minister on behalf of
their respective Governments.
2. This copy has been obtained from the Saudi Arabian Minister in London,
who stated that the agreement was not confidential and would eventually be
published both in Saudi Arabia and in the United States.
3. A copy of this despatch is being sent to His Majesty’s Ambassador at
Washington.
of Saudi Arabia in regard to Diplomatic and Consular Representation,
Juridical Protection, Commerce and Navigation.
THE undersigned, the Hon. Robert Worth Bingham, Ambassador Extra
ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at London, and
Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at London,
desiring to confirm and make a record of the understanding which they have
reached in the course of recent conversations in the names of their respective
Governments in regard to diplomatic and consular representation, juridical
protection, commerce and navigation, have signed this provisional agreement:—
The diplomatic representatives of each country shall enjoy in the territories
of the other the privileges and immunities derived from generally recognised
international law. The consular representatives of each country, duly provided
with exequatur, will be permitted to reside in the territories of the other in the
places wherein consular representatives are by local laws permitted to reside;
they shall enjoy the honorary privileges and the immunities accorded to such
officers by general international usage; and they shall not be treated in a manner
less favourable than similar officers of any other foreign country.
Subjects of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, and nationals of the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, shall be received and treated in accordance with the requirements
and practices of generally recognised international law. In respect of their
persons, possessions and rights, they shall enjoy the fullest protection of the laws
and authorities of the country, and they shall not be treated in regard to their
persons in any manner less favourable than the nationals of any other foreign
country.
I am, &c.
JOHN SIMON.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Provisional Agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom
Article 1.
Article 2.
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This file concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States, and features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Washington (Ronald Ian Campbell); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard, and later, Stanley R Jordan); 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. ; the Secretary of State for India; the United States Consul, Dhahran; Isaiah Berlin (writing from the British Embassy, Washington); officials of the Foreign Office and the Government of India's External Affairs Department.
The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- The United States Government's recognition of King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1931.
- The conclusion of a provisional agreement between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, regarding diplomatic and consular representation, juridical protection, commerce and navigation, dated 7 November 1933.
- Details of the visit of Colonel Harold Hoskins, President Roosevelt's personal envoy, to Saudi Arabia in August 1943.
- Details of the visit of Emir Feisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his brother Khalid [Khalid ibn 'Abdul 'Aziz Āl Sa‘ūd], to the United States in September-October 1943.
- The United States Government's request to establish consular representation in Saudi Arabia, which the British Government advises Ibn Saud to accept.
- The reflections of Foreign Office officials on the United States' possible economic and strategic interests in Saudi Arabia.
- Ibn Saud's acceptance of the appointment of a United States Consul at Dhahran in 1944.
In addition to correspondence, the file includes a copy of the aforementioned Saudi-United States provisional agreement, plus a number of extracts from various United States newspapers and news agencies.
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.
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- 1 file (64 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 66; 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 present in parallel between ff 1-64; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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