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HEJAZ-NEJD.
Annual Report, 1931.
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Sir A . Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received May 20.)
Sir, Foreign Office, May 18, 1932.
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith my annual report on Hejaz-Nejd
for the year 1931.
2. Owing to the unexpected prolongation of my absence from Jedda since
I left for Jerusalem on the 2nd February, I have had to write the bulk of this
report in London. I would ask your indulgence not only for its length, dhe to
the number of important subjects which engaged the attention of the Legation
in Jedda last year, but also for various other defects caused by the circumstances
of its compilation.
3. The report owes much to the despatches, &c., addressed to you and your
predecessors by Mr. Hope Gill, while acting for me from the 15th August to the
15th December, and more particularly to the bi-monthly Jedda reports, which he
wrote for the second half of the year. Mr. G. W. Furlonge has contributed the
short but useful appendix on the import trade of the Hejaz. I would wish to
express also my great appreciation of the assistance given me by various
departments of the Foreign Office in overcoming the difficulties attendant on the
preparation of the report in London.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure.
Annual Report on Hejaz-Nejd for 1931.
Contents.
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1.—Introduction .. .. .. .. 2
II.—Foreign relations—
(a) With States in Arabia—
( 1 ) Iraq ..
(2) Transjordan ..
(3) Yemen and Asir
(4) States in the south and south-east of
Arabia ..
(5) Bahrein and Koweit
(£>) With Powers outside Arabia—
( 1 ) British Empire
(2) France and Syria ..
(3) Italy ..
(4) Netherlands ..
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II.—Foreign relations (contd .)—
(b) With Powers outside Arabia (confd.)—
(5) Soviet Russia
( 6 ) Germany
(7) Poland
( 8 ) Sweden
(9) Denmark
(10) Egypt
(11) Turkey
(12) Persia
(13) 'Afghanistan..
(14) United States of America ..
(c) Position in regard to the general
international system and League of
Nations ..
(d) Treaties
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