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No. 1.
Discussions with the Hejaz-Nejd Mission.
First Meeting.
THE first meeting with the Hejaz-Nejd Mission was held in the Foreign
Office at 12-15 p.m . on the 9th May.
Present:
Sir L. Oliphant {in the Chair). The Emir Feisal.
Mr. G. W. Rendel. I he Hejaz Minister, Fuad Bey Hamza.
Mr. C. F. A. Warner. M. Zada (Secretary of the Legation).
The business was of a formal nature.
Sir L. Olifhant, after a complimentary reference to the presence of the
mission in this country, and to the good relations existing between the two
Governments, said that he wa^ at the disposal of the mission for the discussion
of any questions which they might wish to raise, and suggested that it might be
convenient that a meeting should be held in the afternoon for this purpose.
The Emir Feisal, after expressing pleasure at the friendship which bound
the two countries, agreed to Sir L. Oliphant's proposal, and it was arranged
that Sheikh Hafiz Wahba and Fuad Bey Hamza should come to the Foreign Office
for a further meeting at 4 o'clock.
Sir L. Oliphant said that the Emir would have learnt already from His
Majesty the King, and from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that it
was their desire that the most cordial relations should be maintained.
The Emir Feisal expressed the pleasure with which he had heard these
sentiments from His Majesty and Sir John Simon, and said that his father set
great store by the maintenance of such good relations.
Sir L. Oliphant enquired whether there was any question which the
Emir Feisal wished to discuss. The Emir replied that he had already alluded
to the one question of fundamental importance. It was their desire that there
should be between the two countries a true friendship, not merely an official one.
He was much gratified by the assurances he had received on this point. He did
not himself wish to raise any other questions, and would leave the discussion of
any other points to Fuad Bey Hamza.
Foreign Office, May 9, 1932.
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