Anglo-Saudi Arabian relations. Code ES file 1051

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Invitation from Ibn Saud for a proposed visit by Mr Trott and his wife to Riyadh, Dhahran and Bahrain on 18 February, and a request for guidance on conversation with the King (1)
• Departmental memorandum about HMG's relations with Saudi Arabia containing discussions of the Tripartite Agreement, the potential influence of Syria, and comments on the reconnaissance party that visited Saudi Arabia in August (2)
• Proposals for a different approach to the Saudi Arabian Government in connection with the frontier negotiations (3)
• D Scott Fox's conversation with Ibn Saud on relations with Jordan, Iraq, UK and on frontier negotiations (4)
• HMG's need to still consider the final discussions with Ibn Saud, and a suggestion that pressure should be kept on him and his advisors (5)
• Opinion that the UK's bargaining power with the Saudi Arabians is determined by the extent of the facilities which the latter are able to obtain from the USA, and the undue influence of Yusef Yasin and his associates (6)
• Anglo-Saudi relations, particularly in regard to the frontier negotiations, and how these relations might be affected by the forthcoming loan from the US (7)
• Details of Trott's recent contacts with Amir Saud (8)
• Suggestion that frontier negotiations may be stalling as a result of the Saudi Arabian expectation of obtaining substantial concessions from the US (9)
• Anglo-Saudi relations, including Amir Faisal's statement; the anti-British feeling spreading amongst the Arabs; and their possible turn towards Russia (10)
• Saudi Arabian Ambassador reporting receipt of a letter from Amir Saud on 25 September, expressing his distress at the coolness of his relations with Trott (11)
• Complaint by Amir Saud that his relations with Trott are somewhat cool (12)