'Najd-Transjordan Boundary' [‎39r] (82/358)

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Copy of a Despatch Secret M A M , dated the 8th December 1925^
from The Acting High Commissioner for ’Iraq to the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, London.
In continuation of my telegram No. 639, dated the
4th of December 1925, I have the honour to report that Sir
Gilbert Clayton arrived in Baghdad on the morning of jfcfeus
November the 30th and handed me a copy of his complete
report of the Bahra Agjxx&msmi negotiations, together with a
signed copy of the Bahra Agreement. I forwarded the latter
to the Prime Minister with the request that steps may be
taken to secure its ratification at an early date. I also
forwarded to him copies of the papers numbered 2, 3 and 4
in Annexure 14 to Sir Gilbert Clayton’s Report, namely
Taufiq Beg Suwaidi’s report regarding the conversation
between himself and the Najd delegate in connection with
the liquidation of past raids, Sir Gilbert Clayton's letter
to Ibn Baud on the same subject, and Ibn Baud’s reply .xkxxxx
Xjx The only Arabic copies of these documents having been
forwarded "by Sir Gilbert Clayton to the Colonial Office I
did not consider it advisable to have them re-translated
into Arabic, but forwarded them in English. I should be
grateful if I could be favoured, as early as possible, with
copies of the Arabic versions that are in your possession.
2. Sir Gilbert Clayton had interviews with His
Majesty King Faisal and with the Council of Ministers.
Both His Majesty and the Cabinet expressed themselves as
thoroughly satisfied with the terms of the Bahra Agreement,
and exceedingly grateful for the able manner in which Sir
Gilbert Clayton conducted the negotiations on their behalf.
Parliament is due to reassemble on December the 20th, and
no difficulty is anticipated in securing its approval to
the ratification of the agreement by His Majesty.