ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٤ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: المعاهدات المقترحة مع سلطان البدع وسلطان العوذلي؛ وقد ظلّت المعاهدة مع البدع معلّقة" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٩] (١٥٨/١٠٩)

it is obtainable negotiate a treaty on the same lines and
Wxth a promise of a subsidy up to the same maximum as that of
Behan. Should the Chief not come into Shugra or should the
negotiations not be successful no further move should be
made and the initiative in the future be left to the Chief.
I am to place on record the reasons which lead to this
conclusion :
4. Practically the only argument in favour of the early
conclusion of a treaty with Beda is that indicated in para
graph 2 of your letter under reply. It appeared on discus
sion that this argument has lost much of its force since
the acceptance by the lurks of the principle of the con
tinuance of the boundary line from Lakmat-as-Shub to the
Desert on the true Borth-East line. It transpired that
there is no certain knowledge, apart from the most recent
maps, whether Beda li\es entirely on the British or Turkish
side of the line. It is believed that it lies conside rably
to the British side, so much so, that the British would be
entitled to protest if the Purks interfered seriously in Beda
affairs. If that he so there is little reason for the some
what unusual anxiety for this treaty which the invitations
to the Chief must have disclosed to the Hinterland tribes.
|athina country for any political mission in the direction
5. There is also no further reason connected with the
of