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Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world' [183r] (365/1031)
The record is made up of 1 file (514 folios). It was created in 21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOYERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
?Q
May 13, 1935.
Section 2.
[E 2955/66/25]
Sir A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received May 13.)
(No. 115.)
Sir, Jedda, April 18, 1935.
WITH reference to my telegram No. 96j)f the 17th April, I have the honour
to submit a summary report on the proceedings connected with the agreement
reached on that date between the joint owners of the Jedda-Port Sudan cable
and the two companies concerned, the Eastern Telegraph Company (Limited) and
Cable and Wireless (Limited).
2. Admiral H. W. Grant, C.B., and Mr. H. R. Staples, the joint
representatives of the companies, arrived in Jedda on the 31st March in the cable
ship Lady Denison Pender, accompanied by Mrs. Grant and an interpreter. Just
before they arrived the Saudi Government expressed a wish themselves to
entertain the delegation, but they deferred to my suggestion that it would be
more practical for Admiral and Mrs. Grant and Mr. Staples to stay at the
Legation during their visit.
3. On the 1st April I introduced the delegates to Fuad Bey Hamza, with
whom were Sheikh Abdullah Kazim, the Director-General of Posts and
Telegraphs, and two of his subordinates. The formal negotiations began that
afternoon. It was decided at the outset not to attempt to amend or supplement
the working agreement of 1926, but to work out an entirely new and
comprehensive agreement.
4. The negotiations were conducted in the first stage by Fuad Bey Hamza
and the above-mentioned experts on the Saudi side, and by the above-mentioned
delegates of the companies. Fuad Bey twice returned to Mecca, and was detained
there the second time by indisposition. He was replaced by Sheikh Yusuf Yasin
for a short time. The two texts were finally agreed on the 16th April, and were
duly signed at the Khuzam Palace early on the next afternoon. As a result of
correspondence with the Sudan Government, I signed the agreement on their
behalf, subject to the terms of the declaration annexed to it, having secured your
approval for this procedure in your telegram No. 67 of the 13th April.
5. I enclose copies of the following papers :—
(a) A letter addressed by me to Fuad Bey on the 14th April;(')
(b) The English version of the agreement; and
(c) A despatch which I addressed to the Governor-General of the Sudan after
the signature^ 1 )
6. I have seldom known a negotiation conducted in a better spirit or in a
better atmosphere. The delegates of the two companies approached the matter
with great largeness of view and, though the Saudi Government wanted and got
a good deal, they also were animated by an evident desire to come to terms.
Although I took no part in the formal negotiations, I was in constant touch with
Admiral Grant and Mr. Staples, and had one or two private exchanges with
Fuad Bey and Sheikh Yusuf Yasin.
7. As for the more general setting, I may mention that the King, to whom
I presented the companies’ delegates on the 2nd April, did them the. honour, not
very usual in Jedda nowadays, of himself giving a dinner in their honour on
the 3rd April. The Heir Apparent with a number of junior princes and other
high personages visited the Lady Denison Pender on the afternoon of that day.
After the agreement was signed, Sheikh Abdullah Suleiman gave us an enormous
luncheon at the palace, and in the evening my wife and I entertained him, Fuad
Bey and the various delegates at dinner. I report these incidents because the
cordiality shown reflects a desire on the part of Ibn Sand and his Government
(’iNot printed
[406 n—2]
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The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The file covers:
- Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29
- Proposed wireless communication between Riyadh and Baghdad, to be provided by the Marconi Company, 1929
- Training of local subjects, 1931
- Contract with the Marconi Company, 1931
- Establishment of postal communications between Hasa [al-Aḥsā’] and foreign countries via Bahrain, 1933
- New wireless stations in Saudi Arabia, 1933
- Proposed establishment of wireless telecommunications between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: negotiations between Cable and Wireless and the Saudi Government, 1934-35
- Saudi regulations regarding importation and licensing of wireless sets, 1935
- Proposed conference at Jedda regarding wireless communications in Saudi Arabia, 1935
- Discussion with Governor-General of Sudan and Cables and Wireless regarding the Jedda - Port Sudan Cable agreement, 1935-40
- Post and wireless experts required by Saudi Government, 1938
- Communications between Saudi Arabia and the United States for use of the Arabian American Oil Company, proposed wireless station at Dhahran, 1944.
The file is composed of correspondence between: the British Legation to Jeddah; 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 High Commissioner for Iraq; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Air Ministry; the General Post Office in London; the Legation of Hedjaz and Nejd to London; the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain; the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; Cable and Wireless, Limited (Imperial and International Communications Limited); the Committee of Imperial Defence; the Governor-General of Sudan; the British Embassy in Cairo; the Resident Minister in Cairo; the United States Embassy in London; the British Embassy in Washington DC; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); and the Commonwealth Relations Office.
There is a newspaper cutting from The Times, and extracts from Um al-Qura and Sawt al-Hijaz.
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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 515; 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 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
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- front, front-i, 2r:20v, 23r:23v, 26r:42v, 45r:48v, 50r:52v, 54r:55v, 59r:100v, 102r:133v, 135r:143v, 145r:152v, 154r:227v, 237r:297v, 303r:304v, 307r:319v, 321r:376v, 379r:416v, 417v:419v, 420v:422v, 423v:434v, 436r:438v, 439v:481v, 483r:515v, back
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