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Coll 6/91 'Saudi Arabia. Policy of H.M.G. Qn. of credits and guarantee of assistance to Ibn Saud.' [111r] (222/680)
The record is made up of 1 file (338 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1939-1 Jan 1945. 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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iraot from tranelation of a record of the ccmveffeati m&'v.htch^u^f ^
pc. place between Xbn Saud and his advisers and General Hurley ^
^Jlng the latter 1 a recent visit to Riyadh. 6tch.< /«-c~U'|/s. ' 6 s<t - ’A
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General Hurley v.i;o r.-*ecived 1. is s,x\.v ; t a.n.‘ ' here .
ore al; > resent is . w ul ni^ncsG . dullah sin . bdtir ^ahian end cIa^C
is -yai MnhVies;. -air ud f dullah ; ilci.nan, h 1 cy • g.yii.
r-rjaney and aehir Bey ai Sa , ada^y t Ki© ■ ajesty OT’^ncd the con
versation by .enti ,nln t .; the supply situati on in the Country#
His Uajssty drew the G#nsxul f s attention ^artlculnrly to the
deterioration of the situation ^ith regard to supplies in the territories
adjacent to t.e er&iiui Gulf 9 aeying» °1 erhaps the officials of the
\co@peny at Dhahran have told you soiaetiling about this.
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Then Hie ajeety s oka of the ©liver coinage crisis a?\d
explained the fundanentcl factor® that nmke it "eeees«ry to have gold
and silver coinage In this onmtr? to tue e. oin&l:n of other currencies*
especially i*sper. Ms Majesty ©aid thr?t Britain Tied not got the
neceseary ©liver: indeed it had been ann ounced in a br >adca©t th£*t
ritein had had to obtain a quantity of ©liver fron America* **In
view of the friendship between us and ur Allies*** said Hie ajcbty*
**s frl©T\d©hip that rests on a basis of truthfulness and fmn&necc 9 -
we should like to toll the General thM as nsed hslp ins 4 *
Gulf#
!• ^upplic©*es;>ccially for the territories on the Jordan
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"2* Com iunlci,ti >nc# The BUlted t tales of Anerlos sent is ©0
lorries but ve loaded those lorries with supplies for Al Gauf nnd
they brolce down on the way and vere unsible to do the job. They ore
now ia^oblli&ed and unocwioeable owing to lack of the rieceassry
spare parts# e arc In scat pro* slag abed of oar© and spare parts#
The representative kno^s vory '#©11 the vast extent of - s nr c untry
and its need of transport to assure the security of the frontiers,
internal ©eeurlty and tl^e transport of supplies to the voribue
* uartere."
3. (hirrency# Ms ajesty said thM in view ot the country 1 ©
eaf^arrasscicnt due to lack of ©liver currency and to Britain 1 © not
having enough silver, he hoped that the United Me*tee would let
Gaud! Arabia have a quantity of ©liver trader lease Lend Which c:nl<5
then be sent to India ror minting, ©a owing to the nreoent war Saudi
.vpabia had begun minting Its coin© in India.
'S Hera General Burley said: "T!^ united Mato© of Auerisa always
I send their roduets and t e things the Mice need to vritain snef
! / ritaln distribute© tlion herself to tbs Allies# Tt o value of aaterlsl
\ ©o far cent to Britain an ur.tr, to about ein milliards of pounds#
I ] aysslf haws suggested to ay Govcmnent that they should tnaselves
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; Kis ^fijeoty said, ^ e are not complaining abmut rrittxin. *he
i© our friend, and her treatment of tie is as friend to friend, not
as ally to ally. She has not stinted, but the Gcvel - patent© oi
war in the : iddle Met r< cently and her own need of transport
©u x>lie© ha© obliged Jicr to taka certain easures. TIjc trul
Lrltaln ha© done her duti^ and r.oro tJum her duty b^it
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t Shape themeelwe© acoording to our desiro 44 and ©
s clrMsstanoc©. Britain has found it impossible
A t/M c need beoauac sloe Mo not got the silver#
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Mo< 2 '? 17 MIL ’943
FROM SECRETARY, EXTERNAL D»T„
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.
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This file concerns British policy towards Saudi Arabia during the Second World War (the abbreviation 'Qn' in the title stands for 'Question'). The correspondence discusses the question of providing financial or material assistance to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], as well as the United States' growing economic and strategic interests in Saudi Arabia.
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader Bullard, Hugh Stonehewer Bird, and Stanley R Jordan successively); the Secretary of State for India (Leo Amery); the Viceroy of India (Archibald Percival Wavell); the Chancellor of the Exchequer (John Anderson); officials of the Foreign Office, the 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 Treasury, the Government of India's Finance and External Affairs Departments, and the United States Embassy in London.
Related matters of discussion include the following:
- The idea (initially discussed in correspondence dating from 1939) of an alliance or a bloc of Arab states (chiefly comprised of Saudi Arabia and the Yemen), which would support the Allied cause.
- The Italo-German reaction to Ibn Saud's refusal to receive German diplomat Dr Fritz Konrad Ferdinand Grobba, a decision that was applauded by the British.
- Italian influence in the Middle East.
- Anglo-French co-operation in the Middle East.
- Details of the Saudi Government's finances (i.e. expenditure and revenue) during the early war years.
- Arrangements for loans and payments from the British to the Saudi Government, as well as details of royalties and loans paid to the Saudi Government by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (Casoc).
- Proposals for an irrigation and agricultural mission to Saudi Arabia, headed by a United States agricultural expert.
- Conversations between Ibn Saud and United States General Patrick Hurley during the latter's visit to Riyadh in May 1943.
- The Government of India's decision in 1942 not to allow pilgrim ships to sail from India to Saudi Arabia, because of a risk of the ships being attacked.
- Ibn Saud's requests in 1944 for the British Government to send to Saudi Arabia financial and military advisers, preferably Sunni Moslems [Muslims].
- The proposed appointment of Ibn Saud's requested financial adviser, which is delayed and eventually abandoned, following the United States' suggestion that the position be given to a United States adviser, because of the United States' 'preponderant interest' in the Saudi economy.
The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (338 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 339; 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 262-286; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/91 'Saudi Arabia. Policy of H.M.G. Qn. of credits and guarantee of assistance to Ibn Saud.'
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- 111r:112v
- Author
- Hurley, Patrick Jay
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- 111r:112v
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- Suleiman, Abdullah ibn
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- Coll 6/91 'Saudi Arabia. Policy of H.M.G. Qn. of credits and guarantee of assistance to Ibn Saud.'
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- 111r:111v
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- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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