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‘1/1 Volume V Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎180r] (368/648)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (320 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 1936-20 Oct 1938. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Telegram S.(Pre: in Q).
From Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire.
To Government of India, Bimla.
Repeated to Secretary of State (for India, London*
His Majesty’s Represeitative, Jedda, and
Xuwait•
No. 686*
Dated the 5th July 1937.
.ta
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. telegram 1758, 28th June.
I am still j6t same opinion expressed in paragraph
2 of my telegram No.T/28, April 6th and I am a f r a i d th a t
(?linking up) of Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. with and 3xtradition agreements
to Trade (?Blockade) (?will lead) to much delay in settling
latter. In view however of His Majesty’s Government’s
decision this linking is inevitable.
2 , This being so, the following procedure should be
adopted. Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait should show the revised
Draft Trade Agreement and make thesuggested paragraph No.
2 under reference. ' But at the same time Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
should also explain to Shaikh that Saudi Government have
insisted that trade agreement should be linked with
Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. and extradition agreements.
All that His Majesty’s Government want from Shaikh at present
is his acquiescence in trade agreement on its own merits, which
will in no way commit him to the two other agreements which
can be discussed lat / er.
s> i f no mention at this stage is made of Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders.
agreements I am afraid that Shaikh may consider that we have
not treated him quite frankly by not putting all our cards
on the table
/Tpondioc n s s?) wi th the Bha i Kh the
4 When tine comes, iican discuss./

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Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations over the drafting of trade, Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in an effort to lift the trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume IV Koweit Saudi Relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/112), and includes:

The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Kuwait Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. (Captain Gerald Simpson DeGaury); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard William Craven Fowle); the British Government’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Andrew Ryan; Reader William Bullard); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); Foreign and 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. representatives in London.

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1 volume (320 folios)
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 318; 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 first and last leading and ending flyleaves.

Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-315, and ff 28-315; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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