| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Item |
| Alt Ref No | Ramsey 262, ff. 149-155 |
| Title | Saudi Arabia: entry visas |
| Date | 1973 |
| Description | Papers relating to acceptable proofs of adherence to the Christian faith required for entry visas to Saudi Arabia, including: correspondence between the Revd. Philip Haynes, David Sheppard, Bishop of Woolwich, Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark and Geoffrey Tiarks, Bishop of Maidstone about the refusal of the Saudi Arabian Embassy to accept a certificate of baptism as proof that the visa applicant was a Christian and request, instead, for a letter from a parish priest; letter from Archbishop Ramsey to Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Helaissi, the Saudi Ambassador, assuring him that baptism is the definitive mark of being a Christian and a certificate of baptism a reliable guarantee, with reply. |
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