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Coll 6/4(2) 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.' [89r] (184/796)
The record is made up of 1 volume (394 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 1933-19 Apr 1934. 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 GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
January 30, 1934,
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1
O
[E 712/2/25]
No. 1.
Sir E. Drummond to Sir John Simon. — (Received. January 30.)
(No. 84.)
gj r Rome, January 26, 1934.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that I received on the 23rd January your
telegram No. 30, instructing me to inform the Italian Government unofficially of
the communication which Sir Andrew Ryan had been authorised to address to
Fuad Bey Hamza concerning the threatened outbreak of hostilities in South-West
Arabia. Since I had not yet taken action on your despatch No. 39 of the
15th January, instructing me to inform the Italian Government, in terms which
were left to my discretion, that His Majesty’s Government were no longer
prepared to enter into conversations in Rome regarding the Arabian situation,
it occurred to me that the two communications might suitably be combined in a
private letter to Signor Suvich, who, as you will remember, wrote to me personally
on the 29th December, enclosing three notes verhales from the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs. ^ ^ ^
2. I accordingly addressed to his Excellency on the 24th January the
personal letter of which I now enclose a copy. You will observe that I have made
use of the discretion given me with the object, in the terms of ^oui despatch under
reference, of avoiding the creation of an unfavourable impression or detailed and
useless discussion. In these circumstances, I trust you will not demur to my
having inserted a paragraph about the pressure of work m your Department
more especially since the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs have been informed
verbally on more than one occasion of the difficulty with which an expert could
be spared and the considerable notice which would, in any case, have to be gi\en
before he was able to arrive in Rome. i-
3 As I pointed out in my telegram No 22 of the 19th January, the Italian
Government are likely to be a little sore at the refusal of His Majesty’s Govern-
foiro nart. in thfi nronosed conversations. It is fortunate, theretore, that
certainly appreciate.
I have, &c.
r
ERIC DRUMMOND.
Enclosure in No. 1.
[6 gg—1]
ENCLOSURE IN WEEKLY LETTER
NO. Z 15 FEa 1334
FROM SECRETARY, POLITICAL AMD
SECRET DEPT. INDIA OfFWE
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This volume mostly contains copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) relating to the strained relations between Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] and their respective claims to Najran. The volume concludes with reports on the outbreak of war between the two states and the war's early stages.
The correspondence discusses the following:
- An offer, made to Ibn Sa'ud by King Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of Iraq, to act as a mediator between Ibn Sa'ud and the Imam of Yemen.
- The Italian Government's refusal to recognise Ibn Sa'ud's annexation of Asir.
- An alleged oral agreement regarding the frontiers between Saudi Arabia (then the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd) and Yemen, which is believed to have been concluded between Ibn Sa'ud and the Imam of Yemen in 1927.
- Reports of the occupation of Badr, Najran, by Yemeni troops.
- Reports of Saudi troops having crossed the Asir-Yemeni frontier.
- Anglo-Italian correspondence regarding the status of Asir.
- Reports of Ibn Sa'ud having issued an ultimatum to the Imam of Yemen.
- Treaty negotiations between Britain and Yemen.
- Reports of Saudi-Yemeni negotiations.
- Italian requests for 'projected discussions' with the British in Rome, regarding matters in Arabia.
- Details of the outbreak of war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Foreign Office; His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador to Italy (Ronald William Graham, succeeded by James Eric Drummond); the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Philip Cunliffe-Lister]; the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; King Faisal of Iraq [Fayṣal bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; Ibn Sa'ud; the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Also included are extracts from Aden and Kuwait Political Intelligence summaries, and copies of letters from the 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. at Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) to 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 Craven William Fowle], regarding public opinion in Kuwait on the Saudi-Yemeni dispute.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (394 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last flyleaf with 394; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 327-392 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
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