الملف E/8 I ابن سعود [و‎‎١‎٤] (٦٠٦/٣٦)

CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 2249, dated Bushire, the 2oth (received 28th) July ifMS*
From —lleutenant-colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I .e., C .s .I., Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To-—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla.
In continuation of my letter No. 2048, dated 4th July 1913, I have the
— - . honour to forward, for the information of
o. •? , a e 9 jn jr ipia. the Government of India, a translation of
the reply, "which I have addressed to bin Saud explaining to him the attitude
of His Majesty's Government towards him.
2. Instructions have been issued to His Majesty's Political Agents on the
Arabian littoral to observe the orders of His Majesty's Secretary of State for
India conveyed in his telegram, dated 3rd July 19131 to His Excellency the
Viceroy, and amplified by your telegram No. 221-S., dated 5th July 1913.
No. 278, dated Bushire, 9t.I1 July 1913.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E, C.S.!., Pol'tical
Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To —Al Amir Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman al Faisal-as-Saud,
A. C.
I duly received your honoured letter dated 8th 1331 (= 13th June
1913), which was sent on to me from Bahrain by post owing to your envoy
Musa'd bin Suweilim being overtaken with sickness in Bahrain.
I am sorry that some days have elapsed before I have been able to reply but
the reason was that 1 could not give you an authoritative answer without reference
to the British Government.
I hare now received their reply. I am authorised to inform Your Honour
that the reports which seem to have reached you to the effect that our Agent
at Bahrain, Major Trevor gave facilities to the Turkish Troops while halting
at Bahrain, were not true. Their stay at Bahrain on this occasion was unavoid
able under the circumstances, but no assistance was given them.
Secondly, I am to explain that your expression of friendly feelings towards
them is appreciated by the British Government, but that they do not see their
way to intervene in any way m the dispute which has arisen between Your
Honour and the Turkish Government. On the contrary, the British Govern
ment consider it necessary to observe a strictly neutral attitude towards both
sides.
This was the message of Government, and I beg to add an expression of
my own appreciation of the friendly sentiments which you evince towards this
Residency, and also of the kind hospitality and assistance you have been good
enough to accord to English travellers who have passed through the spheres of
your tribes.
C48PD—41-1-8-13—GCBP Simla