"ملفات 61/12 و 61/16 (D 80) معاهدة بين بان سعود والحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٨] (٤٠٨/٤٦)

Telegram
From
To
.Repeated
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61/10, 61/11, 61/16.
R.
Foreign Office, Londogi.
British Agent, Jeddah, No. 51.
Resident, Bushire, No. 8.
High Commissioner, Baghdad.
High Coimnissioner, Jerusiamalem.
Dated 10th received 11th July 1925.
Mr
Your telegrams No. 110 and 111.
You should inform Ihn Saud that H.M. Government
Have learnt with gratification of his recall of the forces
directed against Akaba, and are sure that he will realise that
he has no longer any cause to complain that Hussein and Abdul-
-la are prolonging the war by their intrigues since the first
is no% established in British territory at Cyprus and the other
is in British mandated territory, Trans-Jordania.
As regards the railway south of the area noti-
-fied to him as that for which H.M. Government regarded them-
-selves as responsible, you should say that it is not the con-
-cern of H.M.Government, who only desire to see the hostilities
terminated as soon as possible, and would gladly contribute to
this end if it were in any way possible. In this connectior
you may inform him of Ali^ suggestion that H.M.Government
should use their good offices in ending the conflict. You
should add that if this were acceptable to him (Ibn Saud) H.M.
Government would be prepared to lend their good offices to both
dides in the common interests of peace. But until they
know whether he would welcome the proposal they will,of course,
not attempt to proceed with it.
You should say that however this may be, H.M.
Government are ready at onee to depute an officer to discuss
with him outstanding questions between Nejd and the territories
under British mandate: that they welcome his assurance that
he would be delighted to (receive ?) a representative for this
purpose