ملف ١٢/١٠ أخبار الصحراء: هزيمة الإخوان على يد ابن سعود (معركة السبلة، ١٩٢٩)؛ العمليات ضد المتمردين [و‎‎٩‎٠] (٣٨٢/١٨٦)

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using the Kuwait portion of the road, I presume that Y.E.
can make only one answer : namely that as the ’Iraq Government
are not prepared to accept the responsibility of the safety
of Kuwait subjects in ’Iraq territory, Y»E, will naturally
not accept responsibility for the safety of -Iraq subjects
in your territory.
If on the other hand the 'Iraq Government agree not to
hold Y„2. responsible for the safety of 'Iraqis on Kuwait
territory, in the same way that Y.E. agrees in respect of
Kuwaitis in 'Iraq, I see no reason why they should not be
allowed to use the road, but I would suggest that everyone
doing so at present should be made to clearly understand
that he is doing so at his own risk.
In any case I would further suggest that for so long as
the present Abnormal condition of unrest lasts, no one esoept
Kuwait subjects and 'Iraq subjects - and the latter only if
the 'Iraq Government agree on the "responsibility*' clause -
be allowed to s use the road without very special permission.
(This would of course nojs apply to R.A.F. officers and men or
other British officials, who might be required to travel on
the ro^d in the execution of their duty*
When the present Abnormal condition of unrest is over,
and conditions again become Normal, I of course see no reason
why the road should not again be thrown open to all again as
in the past, as I presume that then neither nor the Iraq
Government will any longer mind accepting tk* responsibility
for the safety of travellers in your respective territories.
As I understand it this f, responslbility ,, merely means the
ordinary responsibility which every ruler or government must
inevitably have for the safety of the life and property of
all persons living or travelling within his territories. For
example Y.E, now doubt feels yourself responsible that no
person is murdered in Kuwait or that no house is broken into
and roobed if you can reasonably prevent It, ax* but this does
not mean that It is your duty to provide every house with a
epeoial guard to itself as that would obviously be impossible.