Provision of military advisers

This file relates to the provision of British military advisors to Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Letter to Prince Abdulla Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud from Colonel K F Timbrell on his and Major T N Bromage’s stay in Jedda [Jeddah] and assistance to the Saudi Arabian National Guard (White Army) (41)
• Arrangement for Timbrell’s visa and passage to Saudi Arabia (42)
• Appointment by the War Office of Timbrell as Head of the British Military Mission to Saudi Arabia (43)
• Invitation for Timbrell and Bromage to visit the Political Office Middle East Command (POMEC) in Aden from J C W Bushell (44)
• Draft exchange of notes on the terms of service for the military advisors; the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ amendments; the Arabic copy of the exchange of notes [enclosed] (45, 52, 54)
• Arrangements for Bromage and his family’s travel to Jeddah; Bromage’s arrival in Saudi Arabia (46, 53)
• Sale of Land Rovers to the Saudi National Guard; issues with the supply of the Saudi order; the indication from Rover that they cannot meet the order and are not concerned about losing future orders (47-48)
• Articles in The Times and the Daily Telegraph [enclosed] on the British Military Mission to Riyadh, with subsequent comment (49)
• Secondment of Major D E Higgins to Saudi Arabia to assist Timbrell on the signals network for the Saudi National Guard (50)
• Higgins’s report [enclosed] on signals problems in the Saudi National Guard, which includes a map of Saudi Arabia; the transmission of the report (55, 57)
• Higgins’s meeting with the British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and his account of developments regarding the military advisors (56)
• Discussion on Higgins’s expenses (58)
• Timbrell’s report on the White Army (59)
• Bromage and his family’s accommodation and his and Timbrell’s expenses (60)