Saudi candidates at Sandhurst Military Academy

FO 371/168894 1963
Description

This file contains correspondence relating to:

  • Progress of Prince Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal Al Saud at Sandhurst, including reports by his Company Commander and his College Commander (1-2)
  • Request by the British Embassy in Saudi Arabia for an up-to-date list of all Saudi officers who have attended courses in England (3)
  • Newspaper cutting from The Times about Prince Abdul Rahman's fencing successes at the inter services fencing championships (4)
  • Applications by three Saudi candidates for Sandhurst: Mohammad Saeed Kayyal, Khalid Ahmad Al Yahya and Prince Bandar Bin Fahad Bin Sa'ad Al Saud. It provides a brief summary of each candidate's educational record (5-6)
  • Saudi candidates for Sandhurst, Cranwell and Dartmouth and the rumour that the sale of motor torpedo boats from Britain to Saudi Arabia is dependent on Prince Fahad Bin Abdulla Bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud obtaining a place at Dartmouth (7)