Catalogue description WAR: Harry St John Bridger Philby, close friend and adviser of Ibn Saud and outspoken...

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Reference: HO 45/23780
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WAR: Harry St John Bridger Philby, close friend and adviser of Ibn Saud and outspoken critic of British policy in Middle East: detention in India and deportation without legal authority; internment in UK for alleged disloyal statements; Foreign Office involvement in detention and subsequent refusal of exit permit for return to Arabia
Date: 1940-1942
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 861710
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Closed Until 2005
Record opening date: 20 September 2005

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