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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S
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EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
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May ^4, 1935.
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Sir A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received May 24.)
(No. 132. Confidential.)
Sir, Jedda, May 1, 1935.
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith the Jedda report for April 1935.
2. Copies have been distributed as in the list appended to the report for
J anuary.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure.
Jedda Report for April 1935.
I .—Internal Affairs.
105. Ibn Saud returned from Jedda to Mecca on the 4th April accompanied
by the heir apparent. His Majesty spent the rest of the month in Mecca except
for occasional jaunts into the country for hunting.
106. The King's brother, Muhammad, left Mecca for Riyadh on the
9th April, and was followed by the heir apparent on the 16th April. Nothing
was heard of the Amir Feisal, who, as usual, left all matters of foreign affairs to
Fuad Bey Hamza. The latter paid several short visits to Jedda, but was
incapacitated more than once by a form of heart disease from which he suffers.
107. One of the principal topics of the month was the projected tour of the
heir apparent in Europe. (Paragraph 56 of the report for February.) He is to
leave Jedda for Naples on the 14th May. He will visit Italy and France and
will probably make short stays in Switzerland and Holland. He is due in London
on the 15th June and proposes to stay about a month in England. It is under
stood that on his return journey he will visit Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Fuad Bey
Hamza left Jedda on the 1st May to deposit his wife in Syria before rejoining the
Prince at Port Said and attending him on his travels.
108. No internal events of importance were reported during the month.
109. The Saudi aircraft were not seen in Jedda. The additional six
student-aviators selected for training in Italy (paragraph 81 of the last report)
duly proceeded thither. The Saut-al-Hejaz of the 23rd April announced the
receipt of a letter from one of them saying that they had been most kindly
received and had been allowed to fly alone in a special aeroplane, after preliminary
training.
110. The Saut-al-Hejaz of the 30th April announced the departure of a
mission of inspection and administrative reorganisation for Asir.
111. The Dutch Moslem, M. Van de Poll, who has gone in with the Saudi
Arabian Mining Syndicate (paragraph 82 of the last report) came to Jedda for a
night on the 18th April to collect some assaying plant. He brought news that
Mr. Twitched and his companions were busy investigating the tailings left from
ancient workings at the Cot of Gold and one or two other places and potential
alluvial gold at Yanbu’ Dagh. They had not yet found gold, but were full of
hope.
112. Mr. Abdul Ghani Ydlibi (paragraph 122 of the report for last June)
arrived in Jedda on the 19th April. His principal objective appeared to be to