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Coll 6/50 'Saudi Arabia: Saudi Relations with the Soviet.' [‎38r] (75/100)

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The record is made up of 1 file (48 folios). It was created in 6 Jun 1932-20 Jun 1938. 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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th refgr«M to the state of affaire la the nejass* The paper
openly < *foretelle ,t that the reign of I bn §«t&d le coming to m.
end*
# l't le more than possible*, states the new a paper,
*t.hat the hopeless (?) economic condition of the Hejas brought
w ahaat by the general financial oriels, and still farther
* deteriorated by a drought of two years durst ion, will be
* followed fey a resolution***
What are the mowing forces of this *resolution* which
the * Mom lug Post* m calmly predicts and which, when they take
place in young nationalist Slates, are so beneficial to British
Imperlelifti*? fh« .paper explains that the revolt against
Ifen Baud is going to be carried on by the warlike tribes of
; Coweit and Bllli* these tribes migrated in the past to the
Northern (Palestine and to the 'Western (Sinai Peninsula and
Egypt) frontiers of Fart of the nomads have penetrated
into the territory under British rule* fh# forces of the
rebels are concentrated, according to the paper, in the neigh
bourhood of the dauf oasis and al so on the shores of the
Southern part of the Bay of Sinai and of the Hed iB^s#
’•There are signs 4 *, states the paper, *that these
* migrants are being organised by the agents of some sec-at
* service. The fact that families and herds da not aceo peny
*the nomads returning to the !i*3*s is a proof of preparations
*for an attempt at organised revolutionary activities**
In conclusion, the paper promises the rebels aid
against Xbn Baud. *Tt is exceedingly possible that the
*srabs of the t'-inta rssnlnsols, Pslsstlns and. Transjordsnia
will

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This file concerns relations between the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (Saudi Arabia from September 1932 onwards) and the Soviet Union. It largely consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard) regarding Saudi-Soviet relations and the activities of Soviet representatives in Saudi Arabia. Other prominent correspondents include His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill), His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Esmond Ovey), and officials of the Foreign Office, 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. , and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.

Matters discussed in the correspondence include:

  • The visit of the Hejazi delegation, headed by Emir Feisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Foreign Minister for the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd, to Moscow, and later, via Turkey, to Tiflis [Tbilisi] and Baku, in May-June 1932.
  • Soviet trade interests in the Hejaz.
  • Concerns expressed by Sir Andrew Ryan in July 1932 that the Soviet representative in Jedda could seek to consolidate Soviet relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and encourage the latter to take a strong line regarding Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan .
  • Unconfirmed reports of a Saudi-Soviet trade agreement in early 1933.
  • Notes on the character and previous career in Jedda of the newly appointed (as of January 1936) Soviet minister at Jedda, Kerim Khakimov.
  • News in May 1938 that the Government of the Soviet Union has decided to close its legations in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, reportedly as a gesture of disapproval of the Anglo-Italian Treaty [Anglo-Italian Agreement], but considered by the Foreign Office to be part of a general policy of reducing the number of its foreign contacts.

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 (48 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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 50; 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 2-49; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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