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Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–' [330r] (660/802)
The record is made up of 1 file (399 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1931-31 Mar 1938. 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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Disarmament Conference.
57. The Hejaz-Nejd Minister in London was delegated in January to
represent his Government at Geneva. A lengthy memorandum giving information
on the armaments of the Hejaz, Nejd and Dependencies was circulated to the
conference on the 8th February, followed on the 24th by a memorandum by the
4^ Hejazi delegation notifying his views as to the need and manner of disarming
the world.
Congresses.
58. His Majesty’s Government's invitation to attend the hifth Inter
national Congress of Local Authorities (July-August report, paragraph 54) was
accepted by the Hejaz-Nejd Government in January, their Minister in London
being deputed to represent them. An invitation to attend the London Inter
national Congress on commercial education was apologetically declined.
Italy.
59 A treaty of friendship with Italy and a commercial agreement were at
length signed on the 10th February, after negotiations lasting two years. The
Italian draft anti-slave trade clause has been dropped {cf. November-December
report, paragraph 47).
Germany.
60 M. de Haas reassumed charge of his consulate on the 23rd March.
The Netherlands.
61. M. Adriaanse left Jedda on the 7th March on a brief visit to the Yemen
to present Queen Wilhelmina’s reply to a letter of greeting, sent to her last year
by the Imam Yahya on the occasion of M. van der Meulen’s visit to Sana (May-
June report,, paragraph 46). No other political significance is attached to
this visit.
62. A M. van Leeuwen, erstwhile of the Netherlands Trading Society, was
engaged in March by the Hejaz-Nejd Government as financial adviser for a year
at £2,000 (see paragraph 11 above).
Soviet Russia.
63. The Soviet Charge d'Affaires has presented the Amir Feisal with
5 rifles of a pattern known as “ Turki ” and apparently much prized by Bedouin.
He was also discovered recently holding a small arms exhibition in his Legation.
No arms are known to have been ordered.
64. The last consignment of Soviet benzine, 30,000 cases, w T as landed at
Jedda in February in completion of the contract of last summer (July-August
report, paragraph 63). Payment is understood to have been relegated to item 5
of the k ‘ budget. "
Turkey.
65. On the 28th January the Turkish Ambassador called on His Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to tell him that the Turkish
Government had been asked by the Hejazi Government to lend pilots and
mechanics for the development of their air service and to send a military mission
to give similar help to the Hejazi army. Ferit Bey said that, before replying
to this request, the Turkish Government, having regard to their very friendly
relations with His Majesty’s Government, desired to inform them of the request
and to consult them about it. He was thanked for his communication and
subsequently told that His Majesty’s Government saw no reason why the Turkish
Government should not accede to the Hejazi Government's request. This request
follows upon Ibn Saud's failure to obtain British personnel (see November-
December report, paragraph 59). There is no sign as yet of the arrival of any
Turkish personnel or mission.
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This file consists almost entirely of copies (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) of printed reports sent either by the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard), or, in the Minister's absence, by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Most of the reports cover a two-month period and are prefaced by a table of contents. The reports discuss a number of matters relating to the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), including internal affairs, frontier questions, foreign relations, the Hajj, and slavery.
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 (399 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 400; 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. The leather cover wraps around the documents; the back of the cover has not been foliated.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–'
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- front, front-i, 2r:47r, 48r, 49r:61r, 62r:89r, 91r:334r, 336r:398v, 400r:400v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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