IOR/L/PS/12/3733

This volume contains correspondence related to a trade blockade that was imposed on Kuwait by the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and more generally concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

The correspondence in the volume consists of internal correspondence between British officials (including at the Foreign Office, India Office, the British Legation in Jeddah and the Political Agency in Kuwait) as well as correspondence between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and officials from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The file also contains English language translations of letters that were passed between the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian delegations at negotiations mediated by Britain in June 1935.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:

• Treaty of Friendship and "Bon Voisinage", Protocol of Arbitration and Extradition Treaty between Iraq & Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies (folios 49-52)
• 'Draft Regulations For Trading Between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia' (folios 161-165)
• Account of Discussions at Riyadh by Andrew Ryan, 1935 (folios 232-237)
• Political Department Secret Memorandum entitled 'The Persian Gulf' (folios 292-293)
• 'Notes on Kuwait-Saudi Blockade Discussions' (folios 358-363)
• 'Note on the discussions between the Saudi delegates and the Kuwait Representatives, as They Took Place Each Day', June 1935 (folios 371-377)
• 'Note on the Discussions between Saudi Delegates and Kuwait Representatives' (folios 380-390)
• 'Record of Fourth Meeting with Fuad Bey Hamza at the Foreign Office on July 5, 1935' (folios 399-401)

The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.