File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎256r] (199/840)

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nr fo nl e 4 .U pon the augfrestion of the Govermient of
Indie it was agreed to recorarnencl that tue provisos in
lae first and second paragraphs of this Article should
be omitted. Certain minor verbal amendments were also
considered desirable.
Article 7 . It was agreed that, if the recommendation
of tne Conference that Article 6 should be omitted were
adopted, there would be no need to retain Article ?•
A rt icle 8. ij j r. Jordan explained that he anticipated
that he would have some difficulty in inducing Ibn 3 aud
to agree to trie inclusion in the Treaty of an e
recognising the right of manumission of His Britannic
Majesty’s Consular Officers m the Hejaz. Mr. dprirg
Rice explained thattne decretory Oi ^tate tor .orei.gn
Affairs would, in no circumstances, agree to the abandon
ment of this ngnt, and it was accordingly agreed to
recommend that *r. Jordan should be given no discretion
to modify this Article without reierence to His
M b.j u 6 Go v e r r-aer.t.
5. b.r. Wakelv then raised tne question of the
inclusion in the new treaty of an article on the lines
of Article 6 of the ireaty of 1915 , whereby Ibn Saud
undertook to refrain from aggression on the territories
of the Persian Cxulf rulers in treaty relations wit., his
iiajesty’ s Government. Thi a suggestion had been
considered by the previous interdepartmental Conference,
and the view then taken was that it would be inadvisable
to include any such provision, since this would have the
effect of emphasizing His Majesty's Government a
obligation