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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [347r] (381/840)
The record is made up of 1 item (421 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1925-14 Dec 1926. 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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The Conference agreed that the Colonial Office should
ask Lord Pluraer whether he could spare r.Antonies ;uid
should inform Lord Pluraer that it was proposed that
negotiations should begin early in October,
The Foreign Of fioe/presentatires urged the importance
of making an early coniaunioat on to I bn Sa'ud on the subject
sihce he would no doubt becorae suspicious if there were
further delays,
,».ir Services in the Hela* , MSI »ai d that the
Air Ministry had asked that this subject should be discussed
and the present opportunity had seeraed suitable. He was
rather doubtful whether assistance given to Ibn Sa'ud in
the formation of an air service would in fact increase the
demand for national air services in India and .gypt though
it would certainly do so in Iraq, He suggested that in
enswering any such demands it could be pointed out that
the cases were not quite parallel to that o' the hejas since
India was British territory and maintained dr
services in i!gypt and Iraq, while the Hejas was entirely
independent.
The Foreign Office representatives supporter Ibn La'ud’s
request for personnel since they wished to meet fjds wishes
so far as possible, and since he would no doubt be nlle to
secure elsewhere hat he required.
The Air Ministry representatives agreed that, even if
assisted by this country, Ibn Sa’ud's air force would not
affect the military situation for some years. Ibn Sa'ud
had no mechanics of any kind and would require 2 pilots and
6 mechanics.
The Conference agreed to recommend that the minimum
should be done to assist Ibn Sa'ud; that he should be informed
that H.M.G. were prepared to assist him to obtain the
services of 2 pilots and 6 mechanics on personal contracts
which must provide that they would not be employed on j
?warlike /"“N
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The papers cover the recognition of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies by foreign countries, and also contain:
- Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, KBE, CB, CMG, on his Mission to negotiate certain Agreements with the Sultan of Nejd, and Instruction issued to him in regard to his Mission , 1926 (ff 516-560)
- Negotiations for revision of the 1916 Treaty with Ibn Saud
- A conference held at the Colonial Office to discuss HM Government's relations with Ibn Saud, 1926
- Relations between Ibn Saud and Persia
- Agreement with the Sultan of Nejd regarding certain questions relating to the Nejd-Trans-Jordan and Nejd-Iraq frontiers , 1925 (ff 395-402)
- The Hejaz- Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan border.
The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the 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. , the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.
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