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EASTEEN (Arabia ). May 29, 1928.
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 1.
[E 2798/2068/91] No. 1.
Consul Stonehewer -Bird to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—{Received May 29.)
^ r 0 ' 9, 1928.
1 HAVE the honour to report, with reference to my telegram No. 30 of the
2ad instant, that Sir Gilbert Olayton, accompanied by Mr. Cornwallis, Mr. Antonius,
Flight-Lieu tenant Moore and Captain Clubb, arrived at Jeddah on the 2nd instant
from Port Sudan in H.M.S. " Dahlia." n-u » m, ti . t ? •
2 A. ceremonial receptioii was accorded to Sir Gilbert Oltiyton. Ine roreign
Minister and his assistant, the kaimakam and J, accompanied by His Majesty's
vice-consul, went on board to welcome the mission as soon as the ship had dropped
anchor and fired her salute. n n . . j , . ,
3. A guard of honour was drawn up at the landmg-stage and cars stood ready
for the immediate conveyance of the mission to Kandara. Arrangements both for
Sir Gilbert Clayton's reception and for the accommodation of the mission were most
efficiently carried out, I understand that His Majesty considered last year that
sufficient attention had not been paid to entertainment. In consequence, since the
arrival of the mission there has been an almost unbroken chain of dinner-parties.
4. The King passed through Jeddah on his way to Mecca from Medina on the
ineitant He did not, however, make his ceremonial entry until the 7th instant.
In consultation with Sir Gilbert Clayton and Commander Cotton of H M.S. "Dahlia,"
it was agreed that the sloop should await the Kings arrival and should fire a salute
on his entry into the town. . , , .1 T r-
5. The mission and the agency staff were received by the King on the morning
of the 7th instant and other foreign representatives in the afternoon. In the evening
a larae banquet was given to celebrate His Majesty's return to the Hejaz. _ The mission,
the officers of H.M.S. " Dahlia," the agency staff, the foreign representatives and most
of the European colony attended. During dinner H.M.S. "Dahlia gave a firework
chsplay, Saud and Sir Gilbert Clayton took place this
morning at 8*30 a.m.
1 have, occ.
F. H. W. STONEHEWER-BIRD.
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