Abstract: The file consists of correspondence and other papers mainly relating to the private visit of Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and his three private conversations with King Ibn Saud.It includes correspondence between John Charles Walton, India Office, and Dickson, including a letter from Walton to Dickson of 2 November 1937 enclosing a summary of Dickson’s three private conversations with Ibn Saud, in which the views of Ibn Saud on Palestine and relations with the British Government are quoted (folios 33-44). The file also includes correspondence between Walton and the following concerning the visit: George William Rendel, Foreign Office; Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office; and M J Clauson, India Office.There is also correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and between H. Lacy Baggallay, Foreign Office, and M J Clauson, India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to foreign consular representation in the Persian Gulf.Papers dated November 1933 to February 1935 include:correspondence of the Political Agent, Kuwait, with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, and copies of correspondence sent by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, relating to the visit of the United States Minister at Baghdad to Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, and his intended visit to Riyadhcorrespondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the United States Consulate General, Baghdad (James S Moose), and Dr C S G Mylrea, of the American Mission, Kuwait, concerning the annual report on the automotive vehicle census of Kuwait, to be submitted by the American Consulate GeneralPapers dated March 1948 to April 1949 consist of correspondence relating to Indian consular representation in the Persian Gulf. The file does not include papers for the period March 1935 to February 1948.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.