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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding radio broadcasts from the USSR in the Near and Middle East. The correspondence in the file consists of a letter sent by the Foreign Office to a number of British diplomatic officials around the Middle East and responses to i...
This file contains copies of anti-Communist publications and briefings that were produced by the Foreign Office and sent to British diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East including the Political Agency and Consulate in Muscat. It contains copies of the following documents: 'Foundations of S...
This file contains correspondence regarding the Saudi-Yemen War of 1934 covering its outbreak, key developments and its cessation with the Taif Treaty. The majority of this correspondence consists of updates on the war that were sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to Britain's various Polit...
File 6/28 Foreign Interests: Sa'udi Arabian Boundary
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding negotiations between Britain and Saudi Arabia in order to determine the Eastern and Southern borders of Saudi Arabia. Also discussed in detail are the broader political situation in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia's influence in the re...
This file contains correspondence between officials at the British Consulate in Muscat, the Political Residency in Bahrain and the Foreign Office regarding the delineation of the border between Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
This file contains correspondence between officials at the British Consulate in Muscat, the Political Residency in Bahrain and the Foreign Office regarding the delineation of the border between Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
This file consists of three copies of the following document: 'A summary of evidence available from the files of the Political Residency, Bahrain, in support of the claims of Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat to the areas on their side of the boundary lines with Saudi Arabia as defined by His Majesty...
File 6/29 Foreign Interests: Relations between Najd and Transjordania
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This file consists of a copy of an extract from a letter that was composed by the British Legation in Jeddah regarding relations between Nejd [Saudi Arabia] and Trans-Jordania [the Emirate of Trans-Jordan].
File 6/30 Foreign Interests: Sa'udi Arabian Affairs
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This file consists of a copy of an extract of a letter composed by the British Legation in Jeddah regarding the importation of large numbers of rupees from India into Saudi Arabia through the port of Jedda [Jeddah].
File 6/30 Foreign Interests: Saudi Arabian Affairs
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This file contains a copy of the Saudi Arabian Nationality Regulation No. 3, 1938 (folios 3-6) and a report on the pilgrimage to the Holy Places of the Hejaz (Mecca and Medina) compiled by the British Consulate in Jeddah in 1944 (folios 9-20).