مجموعة ٦/ ٩١ (٢) "المملكة العربية السعودية: سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. المساعدة لابن سعود (البعثة العسكرية البريطانية إلى المملكة العربية السعودية)" [و‎‎٣‎٩] (١٢٩/٧٧)

I hnve discussed the draft letter with Brigadier
Balthcove, end he is of opinion that it would be preferable
for you to write direct to t*.e Foreign Office asking for
the background of this proposal,and for him to receive a
copy of the letter you propose to send with reference to
his letter of the 19 th August. He feels that this will
be a saving o^ time,since if you wro+e to him direct he
would then have to address the Foreign Office. The '»ar
Office feel that, whilst they cannot press G.H.Q. India to
■f'ill the appointments, it would be to India's benefit to
be represented on the Mission.
I agree that it would save time if we now wrote
from this Department to the Foreign Office v/ith a copy
to the V/ar Office, instead of the other way about.
In the light of Mr. Harrison's note below and the
telegrams exchanged with H.M. Minister at Jedda now
added to the file, I submit a draft letter to Mr. Baxter,
Eastern Department, asking for material to enable us to
approach the Government of India to persuade them to
provide Sunni-Moslem officers as part of a British
Military Mission to Saudi Arabia.
29 th August, 1946 .