"ملفات 61/12 و 61/16 (D 80) معاهدة بين بان سعود والحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٢] (٤٠٨/٣٩٢)

[This Document is the Property of Hit Britannic Majesty's Government. |
EASTERN (A rabia).
[June 6, 1027. J
CONFIDENTIAL.
S ection 1.
[A mended C opy.]
[E 2582/119/91]
No. 1.
Sir G. Clayton to Sir Austen Chamherlain.
Sir,
Foreign Office, June 6,
I HAVE the honour to submit the following report on my recent miseion to
Jeddah for the purpose of negotiating a treaty with the King of the llejaz and of .Nejd.
Journey to Port Sudan.
2. I left London on the 15th April, 1027, for Marseilles, where I embarked on
the Bibby Line steamship " Lancashire," arriving at Port Sudan on the 24th April. I
was accompanied from London by Mr. S. R. Jordan, and Mr. G. Antonius joined the
mission at Port Said on the 21st April.
Delay in proceeding to Jeddah.
3. On arrival at Port Sudan I received a telegram from llis Britannic Majesty h
consul at Jeddah informing me that Ibn Saud was not expected in Mecca before the
4th May. I therefore decided that Mr. Jordan should proceed to Jeddah in 11 . M S.
" Dahlia" on the following day, while I remained for a few days in Port Sudan,
accompanied by Mr. Antonius. I considered this arrangement desirable as 1 'lid Liot
wish the mission to risk losing dignity by waiting about at Jeddah an'l allo/ding
material for local gossip and intrigue.
Journey to Jeddah.
4. On the 1st May I embarked with Mr. Antonius in H.M.S. ' 4 Dahlia ' ^Com
mander Cotton, R.N.), arriving on the following morning at Jeddah, where J was
received with due ceremony by the Hejazi authorities and conducted to IIih Liitanni'.
Majesty's consulate.
Arrival of Ihn Saud in Jeddah and Reception of Mission.
5 The arrival of Ibn Saud in Mecca was still further delayed until the 7th May,
and he did not reach Jeddah until the morning of the 9th May, on the afternoon of
which day the mission was received in audience by the King. The meeting was
restricted* to the usual exchange of greetings and compliments, and was marked by
great cordialitv and friendliness on the part of the King, who insisted that the mission
should leave the consulate and occupy a house on the outskirts of Jeddah which he
caused to be prepared for its reception.
Initiation of Negotiations.
6. On the following day conversations began, and are given in detail in a
subsequent despatch.
Main Points at issue.
7 It was evident from the results of the conversations at Wadi-al- Aqiq,
conducted in December last by Mr. Jordan and Mr. Antonius, that the mam qu^gtions
(a.) Recognition of the special position of His Majesty's Government in mandated
lb.) Mutual recognition of national status. . r,- « -
(c ) Retention of the right of manumission of slaves by His Majesty s coLLSular
at issue were—
territories.
officers.
(d.) The Hejaz-Transjordan frontier.
meeting agreement was not yd in Higijt.
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