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Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud' [‎281r] (572/1010)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (501 folios). It was created in 14 May 1935-27 Sep 1937. 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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Draft Paper.
F> 2 -. Department.
G.W. Rendel, Esq., C.M.G.,
F.O.
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Would you kindly refer to the recent
papers on the subject of the Saudi blockade
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of Kuwait. Mai cote fcroajit over the other
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day'St/draft despatch to Ryan, No.
E 6292/206/25, giving him instructions as
to how to deal with the matter during his
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forthcoming visit to Riyadh, yl explained
that it would be necessary for the matter
to be put to our higher authorities here
before I could send you any observations
on the subject. This has now been done.
2. We are glad to note that it is
proposed that Ryan should, if possible,
raise the matter with Ibn Baud personally,
but we are disturbed by the apparently
secondary importance which the F.O.
propose to attach to it. We feel that for
the following reasons it is essential that
the question should be made one of the
primary issues to be discussed, and not
one which should be tacked on to the
Agenda should time permit.
3. In the first place it appears
that the two main subjects for discussion,
namely, the South Eastern frontier and
Slavery, are those on which H.M.G. intend
to offer substantial concessions to Ibn
Saud. We suggest that it is only
reasonable that v/hile these concessions
are being offered Ibn Saud should be asked
to meet H.M.G. in a matter v/hich ought to
present him with no difficulties and
which/

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This volume contains correspondence related to a trade blockade that was imposed on Kuwait by the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and more generally concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

The correspondence in the volume consists of internal correspondence between British officials (including at 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. , the British Legation in Jeddah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait) as well as correspondence between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and officials from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The file also contains English language translations of letters that were passed between the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian delegations at negotiations mediated by Britain in June 1935.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:

The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (501 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 497; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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