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File 351/1926 ‘Arabia: Nejd: Employment of British airmen by Ibn Saud Hejazi Air Force’ [‎272r] (554/1416)

The record is made up of 1 volume (700 folios). It was created in 25 Jan 1926-18 Jul 1931. 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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(E 343/2/91)
sir, /\y
With reference to your telegram No.155
of the 27th instant regarding the supply to the
Hejaz Government of certain stores for the D.H .9
aeroplanes in their possession at Jedda, I have the
honour to enclose copy of a Note No.2871/43/207 of
today’s date which I have addressed to the Hejaz
Government on the subject, based on your despatch
No.266 of November 28th last.
2 . I cannot help feeling that there may have
been some misunderstanding as to the original inten
tions of the Hejaz Government and that the discretion
given to His Majesty’s Government as reported in my
telegram No.92 of June 19th may have been intended
onj.^ to cover the provision of stores etc., for the
four new aeroplanes, to which alone the Hejaz Govern
ment’s Note of June 17th referred.
3. I have ventured therefore in my Note to
Sheikh Fuad Hamza to make some allusion to the
possibility of a misunderstanding over this point, and
have informed the Hejaz Government that His Majesty’s
Government are prepared to cancel this part of the
order if the stores are not required by them.
I have etc.,
(Signed) W.L.BOND.
J e sty 8 Principal Secretary of State
f or Foreign Affairs.
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JEDHA, c-C
December 30, 1929.

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The volume contains correspondence, mainly Foreign Office despatches received from Jedda, relating to the creation of the Hejaz Air Force by Ibn Saud, with the assistance of the British Government and British air personnel. The main correspondents are the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Hejaz and Nejd, the British Representative at Jedda and the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, London. The topics discussed include the selection of air bases, the purchase and supply of aircraft, bombs, machine guns, parts, stores, fuel and wireless telegraphy, the recruitment of airmen and the drafting of their employment contracts, national markings for the Hejaz aircraft and the prohibition against non-Muslim pilots from flying over the Holy Places of Islam at Mecca and Medina.

The volume includes two dividers which give the subject number, the year the file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (700 folios)
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The papers are arranged in 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 700; 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 263-699; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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