ملف ٢٢\٢٣ III مؤتمر الكويت [و‎‎٦‎٦] (٢٠٠/١٣١)

only hope of peaceful solution. Proceedings were signed by
both parties and myself as true record of discussion. I allowed
Trans-Jordanian envoys to leave Kuwait today for I saw that their
continued presence here could serve no possible useful object.
Please refer to your telegram 134^ Last resort*Sul tan s
suggestion of direct agreement has not been pressed by Najd
envoys and I do not think it is a serious proposal so I have
not dragged it into the lime-light myself more especially in
view of misgivings of Jerusalem.
Baghdad Telegram 80-S dated 7th April holds out little
hope of Iraq envoys reaching Kuwait before 12th April next when
Najd envoys will certainly demand their own release and I can
give no possible reasonable excuse for their retention. I
therefore propose to yield to necessity and let them go. I hope
to be able to close up all Conference details here by that date
and proceed to India myself.
My telegram No.105 dated 4th April. Apart from important
technical objections of Air Officer Commanding there are rumours
that Ibn Sa’ud.has left for El Qasim and conversations with
Holmes who is now in Kuwait leads me to suppose that Companies
in which he is interested will finance Sultan of Najd to extent
proposed by me. If this is correct his financial condition
cannot be so desperate as I understood it to be when I made my
proposals so that apart from technical objections I would not
myself now press drastic proposals of my telegram No.105 and
would revert rather to attitude of my despatch No.138 dated
30th of March which left here by air 2nd April and should reach
you by 16 th.-Knox.