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Coll 5/5 ‘Arabia: Hejaz Air Force; Recruitment of personnel by HMG; Instruction of Hejazi pilots’ [74r] (149/703)
The record is made up of 1 file (350 folios). It was created in 9 Mar 1931-14 Apr 1939. 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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No. E 6610/244/25
f rT’r? FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.l.
3th November, 1937.
My dear Minister,
You will recollect that when I explained to you the
other day how sorry we were not to he able to help as regards
a proposed British Air Mission to Saudi Arabia, I said at the
end of our conversation that I thought it might nevertheless
be possible to do something in the direction of training Saudi
mechanics.
The possibilities in this direction have now been
examined by the Air Ministry, who have informed us that they
are prepared, as a first step, to receive up to a dozen
suitably selected young men to undergo a preliminary course
of twelve months training in motor and aircraft mechanical
work in the Mechanical Transport Repair Section of the Royal
Air Force depot at Aboukir in Egypt. The normal charge for
a regular course of instruction for foreign personnel at this
Aircraft depot is £1 per head per diem, but should the Saudi
Arabian Government wish to avail themselves of the offer no
charge would be made in the case of the Saudi students.
These students would however be expected to find, and pay for,
their own accommodation and meet their ordinary living expenses.
The question of more advanced training to pupils who
have shown promise during this initial period of practical
instruction in motor mechanical work and on aircraft engines
could be left for examination at a later stage.
In addition it might be possible to arrange for a
small number of suitable candidates (not more than six at a
time)/
Sheikh Hafiz Wanba.
Saudi Arabian Legation.
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The file covers the subject of the development of aviation in Hejaz (Saudi Arabia from 1932), and requests made to the British Government for assistance in the development of an air force.
The earliest papers (1931) deal with a crisis in the Hejaz Air Force, in which the Hejaz Government desired to replace three British subjects — Mr North, Mr Morris, and Mr Lowe — with new British recruits under amended terms and conditions. The file covers some of the consequences resulting from the failure to reach an agreement on this issue.
Much of the rest of the file focuses on various proposals for providing assistance to the Hejaz (later Saudi) Government such as: the provision of a British Air Mission, the appointment of a Muslim Air Adviser (from either Egypt, Iraq, or India), the supply of aircraft and equipment, and various suggestions for training pilots and mechanics at Royal Air Force institutions. These proposals are discussed in terms of their practicality, and their financial and political feasibility.
The file also contains some discussion related to the following: a proposal from Misr Airwork for a demonstration of the Avro 626 to the Hejaz Government; a Turkish military mission in Saudi Arabia; an Italian Air Mission to Saudi Arabia; and a proposal to supply arms and ammunition to Saudi Arabia. It also has extracts from The Times newspaper dated 27 April 1933 (folio 143) and 12 February 1937 (folio 124); The Evening Standard dated 25 November 1931 (folio 207); and an extract from the Umm-al-Qura dated 16 September 1932 (folio 151).
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Jeddah (Andrew Ryan and Reader William Bullard), HM Chargé d’Affaires at Jeddah (Cecil Gervase Hope-Gill), officials at the Air Ministry, and officials at the Foreign Office. Much of the file consists of correspondence forwarded from the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India, in order to inform 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. officials of developments in Arabia.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (350 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 350; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The file contains the following foliation anomalies: f 1, and f 1A.
An additional foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 5/5 ‘Arabia: Hejaz Air Force; Recruitment of personnel by HMG; Instruction of Hejazi pilots’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:34v, 36r:75v, 77r:123v, 125r:132v, 135r:142v, 144r:152v, 154r:206v, 208r:235v, 239r:256v, 258r:305v, 308r:343v, 345r:350v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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