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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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[E 3903/1197/25] No. 1.
Sir A . Ryan to Sir John Simon. — {Received August 3.)
(No. 303.)
Sir, , Jedda, July 17, 1932.
I HAVE the honour to forward herewith the Jedda report for May and
June. I have adhered to the system adopted by Mr. Hope Gill in the report for
April of numbering the paragraphs in such a way as to make the numeration
consecutive throughout the year.
2. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure to Cairo, Jerusalem,
Beirut, Damascus, Bagdad, Basra, Bushire, Koweit, Simla, Singapore, Kuala
Lumpur, Aden, Addis Ababa, Lagos, Khartum, Port Sudan, the Senior Naval
Officer in Red Sea Sloops, and the Royal Air Force Officer Commanding in
Palestine and Transjordan.
1 have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Jedda Report for May and June 1932.
Index.
Paras.
I. —Internal Affairs —
Ibn Saud and General ...
153-159
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
160
Hejazi Constitution
161
Finance
162-166
Economic Development
167-170
Wireless
171
Postal Communication ...
172
Legislation on Rents
173
Census
174
The Rub-al-Khali
175-176
II.— Frontier questions —
Transjordan—
Frontier situation
177-184
MacDonnell investigation
185
Customs relations
186
Iraq
187-188
Koweit and Bahrein
189-192
Asir and Yemen ...
193
HI.— Foreign relations —
General: Hejazi mission
194
International conferences, &c. ...
195
Great Britain
196-200
(Paragraphs 197 and 198 omitted.)
Paras.
III.— Foreign relations —(contd.).
France
201-202
Italy
203-204
Germany ...
205-206
Soviet Russia
207
Egypt
208
Iraq
209-210
Afghanistan
211-213
Other countries ...
214
IV.— Air matters —
Hejaz Air Force ...
215-216
Emergency landing grounds
217
Alleged aerial trespass in Hejaz-
Nejd territory ...
218
V. —Military matters
219
VI. —Naval matters
VII. —Pilgrimage
221
VIII. —Slavery
222-224
IX.— Miscellaneous —
Legation staff
225-226
Deportation
227-228
(Confidential.)
Chapter I .—Internal Affairs.
Ibn Saud and General.
153. THE King was already in Jedda on the 1st May, and received the
foreign representatives in a series of formal audiences that day. The unfavour
able impression formed by His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires of his physical state
is recorded in the previous report (paragraph 115). It is in striking contrast
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