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among the Ajman and Mutair. As for n™ nr •, „
taneously that appeals had been made f n Fl 1 , ? d Be y told me spon-
been successful. He added that Ibn HummVl on t hls behalf ba t had not
rather a ample soul. I recalled the time when he bTl n reaUy bad - h earted but
tha^ he had been one of the conquerors of Mecca ^ 80 s ° od a servant
Person GJdf. 8 ® 11 ^ " C ° Py ° f tllis des P a to b to'the PoUtical Resident in the
Enclosure to Serial No. (25).
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter dated 22nd February 193+
Letter feom the Fokeign Office to H V > a ivr t 5 1934 '
™e 21sT°FLLv“93r EK ’ JEDDA ' N °- 68 ’ DAIEn
[Serial X T2^n'regarffinglhrlltl 0 ' 2 ° t? 89 ! b0b l3). of the 25th January
the captive Sheikhs Ibn Hitldain and ibn Lami 161 " by the Saudl autborit ies of
I ajrprove your propo^thlTyorshoffi^make ^T^ 11 4 ° f y ° Ur des P atch >
the Saudi Government in the matter at the presen? Mage" repreSentations t0
( 26 )
( 27thMarchi93i letter **■ 9 ’ datedtke
Enclosure m Foreigir Office Covering letter dated 27th February 1934.
et ter I ROM Hls Majesty’s Minister Jedda, to the Foreign Office, No. 23
<22616116), dated THE 29th January 1934
Egvffi'No'TofTanuaT'il b’ a , d ff tcb from H ia Majesty’s Commissioner in
infoimation tvom 111 p b3 > in T whl ch he was good enough to pass on to me certain
* Pohsh Legation m Cairo regarding the visit of a certain
direct and * 1 ° Jed , da -. A c ' , f l . v of this despatch has been sent to you
I can tJiYe. 5 7 perhaps ^ interested to receive such further particulars as
abbot Mhlniewczyc in fact arrived in Jedda on or about January 8, and,
Mr PbPit i C n0t CaU me ’ 1 met bim the next evening at a dinner given by
or tent. i"? 0 ^ 8 ' U - est .h 13 f as ’ m ho nonr of the Amir Feysal. He left a week
r ten cia\ s later, having- m the meatime conferred with the Minister of Finance.
4 - f Yon ‘Y? a Y are of tlie circumstances connected with the arms and ammuni
tion imported by Ibn Sa’ud from Poland in the ss.“ Cracow ” in 1930. Half the
mil was paid at the time bnt half remained outstanding. The figures given then
and now do not quite tally but Mr. Philby confirms Sir M. Lampson’s informa-
uon that the balance due is £30,000, meaning, I think, £30,000 gold. I gather
p a r nri 811 ^ 3 lerS were a consortium of Polish arms factories, in which the
i olish Government are interested. They have tried more than once to get paid,
always without success.
Y According to Mr. Philby, the Sa ’udi Government are now desirous of
obtaining a very large quantity of arms and ammunition from the same group.
nT e ^! d , me a fcw T days ago in one of our usual confidential conversations that
M. \\ ilniewczyc had taken away with him for submission to his principals a pro
posal that, in consideration of receiving £7,000 or £8,000 as a payment on account
or the old debt, the Poles should supply further arms, etc., to the value of
£100,000. The aggregate of this new debt and the balance of the old would then
oe paid off in instalments by means of irrevocable drafts on customs. I gather
Horn earlier conversations with Mr. Philby that there may also be a question of
reorganising the Government workshop at Mecca but he has not recently men
tioned this. I also gather that Sharqieh Limited would come into the business
m some way, presumably as agents.
5- I cannot be certain whether the above second or third hand account of
w hat is proposed is accurate. Personally I think that the Poles would be fools
to embark on so risky a transaction but much would depend on the nature of the
drafts on customs, if they took the shape of orders to pay periodical sums out of
current revenue, the business, though still risky, might be worth considering.
If, however, they took the more usual form of drafts to he accepted in payment
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