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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
(No. 332.)
Sir,
Sir John Simon to Sir A. Ryan (Jedda).
Foreign Office, December 14, 1933.
WITH reference to Mr. Calvert’s despatch No. 330 of the 12th November,
I transmit to you the accompanying copy of a provisional agreement relating to
commerce, shipping, &c., which was signed on the 7th November last in London
by the United States Ambassador and the Saudi Arabian Minister on behalf of
their respective Governments.
2. This copy has been obtained from the Saudi Arabian Minister in London,
who stated that the agreement was not confidential and would eventually be
published both in Saudi Arabia and in the United States.
3. A copy of this despatch is being sent to His Majesty’s Ambassador at
Washington.
of Saudi Arabia in regard to Diplomatic and Consular Representation,
Juridical Protection, Commerce and Navigation.
THE undersigned, the Hon. Robert Worth Bingham, Ambassador Extra
ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at London, and
Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at London,
desiring to confirm and make a record of the understanding which they have
reached in the course of recent conversations in the names of their respective
Governments in regard to diplomatic and consular representation, juridical
protection, commerce and navigation, have signed this provisional agreement:—
The diplomatic representatives of each country shall enjoy in the territories
of the other the privileges and immunities derived from generally recognised
international law. The consular representatives of each country, duly provided
with exequatur, will be permitted to reside in the territories of the other in the
places wherein consular representatives are by local laws permitted to reside;
they shall enjoy the honorary privileges and the immunities accorded to such
officers by general international usage; and they shall not be treated in a manner
less favourable than similar officers of any other foreign country.
Subjects of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, and nationals of the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, shall be received and treated in accordance with the requirements
and practices of generally recognised international law. In respect of their
persons, possessions and rights, they shall enjoy the fullest protection of the laws
and authorities of the country, and they shall not be treated in regard to their
persons in any manner less favourable than the nationals of any other foreign
country.
I am, &c.
JOHN SIMON.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Provisional Agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom
Article 1.
Article 2.