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Coll 6/66 'Saudi-Arabia: Saudi-Transjordan Frontier' [‎142r] (283/427)

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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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139
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"boundary 0 Moreover ? if ? Imowing the facts, we took no
action, we should be in a somewhat invidious position if
the Saudis themselves took the initiative later on.
MR. RENDER, therefore, suggested that we should at once
take up the matter with Ibn Saud on some such lines as
follow. We have new received information which showed not
only that the relationship between certain physical
features and the length tude and latitude on the 1918 map
was hopelessly inaccurate, but that the relative positions
of the physical features themselves had been proved in
several cases to be shov/n incorrectly. The intentions of
the negotiators of the Hadda Agreement in regard to the
main features marked on the 1918 map were well understood,
and had in practice been effectively carried out by the
adoption of a de facto frontier which had existed for
nearly ten years. Now that accurate information regarding
the actual positions on the ground of the physical features
is available, we suggest that the line obviously intended
by the negotiators and in fact already adopted in practice
in the present de f a cto boundary should be re-defined on the
spot in the light of this information, and that a
Commission with suitable terms of reference should be
appointed for this purpose.
7. BRIGADIER MACLEOD said that he agreed with
Mr. Rendel's view that we should take the initiative at
once. He also agreed that in presenting our views as to
the frontier, we should ignore questions of detail and
should deal with the question on the broad issue of the
intentions of the negotiators.
8. MR. BLAXTER suggested that the balance of
advantage might still lie with a waiting policy. In

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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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