"ملف 61/11 IX (D 159) مسائل متنوعة خاصة بالحجاز ونجد" [و‎‎١‎٠] (٣٩١/٣٠)

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had. hitched their chariot to his star, and tt was unlikely
that any country wnich had done so would willingly
undertake intensive activity in Arabia. But in Herr Hitler's
case it as no longer a question of dealing with a normal,
logical man, and it was always possible that he might
incite those whom he regarded as his friends to follow him
even now» It might, hov/ever, be doubted whether Italy, if
pursuing her claims against France, would simultaneously
show any aggressive action in the East. It was not possible
to sa t / any more than this.
4, His Royal Highness then spoke of Koweit, and asked
whether there was any likelihood of His ; ajesty's Governuient
allowing its incorporation in Iraq. The answer was an
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emphatic negative*
6« His Royal Highness finally turned to the situation in
the Persian Gulf, lie was assured that, far from it being the
policy of His Majesty's Government to encroach upon the
autonomy of the local yheikhs, His I'la^esty's Government had
always been most careful to preserve their autonomy. He was
reminded that his brother, the Amir Saud, when he had visited
Bahrein some fifteen months ago, had been Impressed by the
absence of any signs of dictation by His Majesty's Government^
He was also told, by way of illustration, that although His
Majesty's Government had met with considerable difficulty in
establishing an air port on the Trucial Coast, yet later, when
the Sheikh of Debai saw that the freedom of the Sheikh of
Sharjah had been in no wise diminished since the Imperial
Airways service had been introduced, this Bheikh had himself
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pressed for the air port to be transferred to Debai.
6. His Royal Highness seemed satisfied, and left after a
conversation which had lasted nearly an hour«
I am, etc.,
For the Secretary of State,
Sgd. LACY BAGGALLAY.