File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎169r] (25/840)

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•» that at ahidi th* •aatma fr«ntl«r of tr«n * Jep«laB atseuld
mai, and that thajr could not conaxnt to any onroaohmont
hoyond tho lino Aids th»y had already yropoood la regard to
th« southern portion of that oeeticn of the frontior.
Tho quart ion thoroaftor lay dormant until It waa
rained by Xhn Saud'o dolegato ao a oido-louuo at tho
International Sanitary Conforoneu at Variu In Juno l»«i.
Mr. Jordan, noting undor inetruet'one, aeked Xhn Saud te
instruct hie delegate net te re>ep<n this question, ’regarding
■ohi«h sir 0.Clayton oemmuiluatod the deeleion of Hie
*MaJe«ty'a OoTernaeat te Tour Majesty eoae nine non the age.”
Ibn Soud thereupon ordered hie delegate net to Intorforo In
■attore '•hicto did not concern hiu, hut, in infoming Mr.
Jordan of thlo decision, idded tide elgnlfleant eentmee "Ho
•neget tat ions at all hare been made between us and Sir 0.
•Clayton regarding Aknba and Mann*.
To own up: Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan *a claln to tho owner*ip of
Akaba and Maan as against the elaim ef King Hussein was
never entirely eetabl <*ad. The <jue»tic.n waa deliberately
left over during the war for negotiations afterward* and
these negotiation* never achieved finality. Hut we have
never in any way adnitted to Ibn Haud that ho, ao suecoeeer
by eenqueat to the Kingdoat *f the Hejaa, was entitled t*
include Akaba and Keen in his kingdom. On the contrary,
In all our dealings with Ibn Saud we have adapted the
eon*l*t«Bt ftttfttud* th*t th« boundary b*tw*«n th« Mcjas
^nd fraxittjord^ta runs «uuth of Akaba and Mud&varra. Ibn
Hand haon»T»*r oatagorlo^Xly agrood to this boundary, but
ho hao taoltly ae^ulooeod in our eontwition. Tho dloputod
aroa lo not hiotorienlly part of tho Holy Land of X»X«k» and
any dalmo vhlclK King Kuoooln nay haro had to it woro
p or tonal