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Coll 6/66 'Saudi-Arabia: Saudi-Transjordan Frontier' [‎107r] (213/427)

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The record is made up of 1 file (212 folios). It was created in 3 Apr 1934-6 Mar 1940. 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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THE CHAIRri/U! said that if vie corae to the conclusion,
as Sir Andrew hyan had suggested, that the initiative v/as
passing to Ion Sand, and. that we should open negotiations,
he considered that the position would have to he put again
to the High Cormissioner for Trans;jor&an who must he given
an owoortunity to express a further opinion before any
action '' :r e s t a f e n.
MR. RENDEL stated that he thought that the foreign
Office would probably wish to sumport Sir A. Ryan's latest
views. He was inclined to regard the risks of a continuance
of the present situation as greater than those which we should
run if we decided, to initiate negotiations, though the argu
ments were fairly evenly balanced. It was, of course, quite
impossible to guarantee that we should be able to retain the
whole of the car track, but if we took no action we might be
faced with the possibility of losing a great deal more. In
his view there was a better prospect of getting a satisfactory
settlement by agreement if we took the initiative.
In reply to the Chairman he said that although the Saudi
Government could not appeal to the League of Nations they
could, make a strong case and place us in an invidious position.
They might quite easily propose arbitration, which it would be
very difficult for us to refuse.
WING COMMANDER PIRIE asked if Sir A. Ryan had been made
acquainted with the views of the Air Ministry in regard to
the military factors involved.
On Mr, Rendel replying that he had, Wing Commander Pirie
asked if he had exmressed any opinion as to whether he could
secure the agreement of the Saudi authorities to the requirements
of the Air Ministry.
MR. RENDEL replied that Sir A. Ryan’s views had dealt with
the question as a whole. He knew our requirements; but the
question was which course of action was likely uo involve leas u

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This file primarily concerns British policy on the question of the Saudi- 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 frontier, specifically the frontier between 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 and Nejd, as initially outlined in the Hadda Agreement of 1925.

The correspondence includes discussion of the following:

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The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); John Bagot Glubb, Acting Officer Commanding the Arab Legion; the Air Officer Commanding Palestine and 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 (Richard Edmund Charles Peirse); the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Air Ministry, and the War Office.

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 (212 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 foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 213; 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 2-209; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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