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Coll 6/91(2) 'Saudi Arabia: Policy of H.M.G. Assistance to King Ibn Saud (British Military Mission to Saudi Arabia)' [‎58r] (115/129)

The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in Feb 1946-14 Mar 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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D.O. No» 137/t:GS .
From Lt*Col. P#E,S* MANSERGH,
Militsa*y Assistant to the
Chief of the General Staff in India,
General Headquarters, India*
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NEW DELHI, the July, 1946
Dear .^oiowxv ^
General Bruce i
ay but the CGS has opened your letter
to him,No. W.S.17073^of the 28th June, 1946, and has spoken
to the Commander-in-chief*
The CGS wishes me to tell you that if an official
application arrives for India to produce the personnel for
this Military Mission to King Ibn Saud he will have to
advise the Government of India to turn down the application
in view of our extreme shortage of officers and the fact that
we simply cannot spare any*
There is another point* namely that the War Office
letter attached to yours refers to the Mission containing
“a high proportion of Sunni Moslem personnel”* Selection of
individual officers by religious sects is entirely contrary
to the policy which hag been laid down here by the Commander-
in-Chief, and he would be very averse to making any exception*
So we very much hope that the matter may be dropped.
Yours
Colonel J.L. Carter, M.C.,
War Staff.
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. ,
S.W.l*

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This file concerns arrangements for a military mission to Saudi Arabia, financed by the British Government. The file consists of correspondence between War Office, 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 Government of India officials regarding the War Office's proposal for a proportion of Sunni Moslem [Muslim] officers to be recruited for the mission from the Indian Army, in accordance with the Saudi Government's reported preference for a Sunni Moslem presence among the mission's officers. Other notable correspondents include the Viceroy of India (Archibald Percival Wavell) and the Secretary of State for India (Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence).

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 (63 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 64; 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.

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Coll 6/91(2) 'Saudi Arabia: Policy of H.M.G. Assistance to King Ibn Saud (British Military Mission to Saudi Arabia)' [‎58r] (115/129), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2164, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041970672.0x000076> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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