"ملف 61/11 IV (D 77) مسائل متنوعة خاصة بالحجاز ونجد" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٨] (٣٦٦/٢٦٧)

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Extract fro in personal letter dated d -2-1'932 from
The Hon^le Lieut.-Col. H.v. iiiscoe, political Heaicient ir
the i J . G. to J. C. waltonj, i^sq., C.K., m .G., xndia uffice
JiiQ vi ait to Itn hhuh was really extraordinarily
succeasful, a»d a ^reet enouara^eoient after the repeated rebuff0
1 hare had tme winter, despite all my efforts* 'hat Xbn oaud* s
game Is I cannot exactly say but he rery definitely is out to
oultirate friendly relations with ae and to deal with Gulf
matters in a friendly spirit. This is all the more surprising
because I believe relations with Jeddah are a little bit
strained* Yusof fasin one evening became comunioatire and
spoke of Jeddah^s methods as savouring of the old Turkish
diplomacy* eto*»eto* and said that the ring t who really was
grateful for what His Majesty 's Government had done for him in
the past f was nowadays very definitely hurt by the tone of the
notes chat he had received* I said that 1 knew very little
about Jeddah affairs but had not difficulties arisen chiefly
over Trans-Jordan affairs, regarding which 1 understood there
had been some acrimonious correspondence* He admitted that this
was so, a:xi then spoke very bitterly of the incident of Oellatly
Hankey Y s petrol* lie said that the King had sent him down
personally to arrange with the company^s representative and that
the latter had refused absolutely to discuss the matter with him
except in ths presence of the liUnistar* 1 pointed out that
after all In larger administrations matters of this kind woul j
be dealt with simply by the pensftnent of' icials of the oreign
Office. Here they went to the Hnler of the country and
assumed a disproportionate importance* he admitted th^t this
was so. 1 further pointed ^ut the difficulties with which
the Minister at Jeddah was confronted as regards comuunica-
tions. i said that 1 was at the present time living in the
King ^s house, imvir% daily interviews an! sometioies twice
dally interviews with him and under these olrcuwstanoes it
was perfectly easy to remove misunderstandings, but when did
Sir Andrew iyan ever get »n opportunity like this oi long
and leisurely discussions with » ; ls Uajesty. A typical
example of the alfflculties that arose was shown In the
Incident re 0 ardlng Incursions Into Kuwait by HaJ4 irontlcr
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