ملف [٤/١٠] العلاقات البريطانية مع بن سعود: لقب سلطان نجد؛ استسلام حائل؛ دفع الإعانات المالية البريطانية؛ عمليات هجوم الإخوان على الحدود العراقية والكويت؛ إنشاء جواز سفر نجد [و‎‎٤‎٢] (٥٦٠/٨٣)

Hail, and that for two reasons: firstly "because I do not
like "bloodshed, ,and secondly "because I know that all the
people of Kail want me to rule them as they are weak, and
so I am taking them "by degrees. Ihn Talal has sued for
peace, "but I have refused as I mean to take him, and "by the
gr.ee of God hi a problem v/ill soon be solved.
secondly, you say that the ’Iraq. G-overmient is being
placed in great difficulty by the influx of Ghammar refu
gees, and that it is difficult for them to keep them out
although they do not want them, and that they are doing ^
their utmost to induce them to join the t^hammar Jarbah in
northern Ja^irah; that in two or three cases they have made
•Iraq a rallying point for their raids into the southern
desert, possibly against my tribes; but that I am to rest
assured that tne ’Iraq Government is doing every tiling ffl/tfX)
possible to prevent this, though it is dltficult to prevent
it entirely until they get them north of the Euphrates.
As regards the Shammar, you know that they are my
subjects from of old as the Jabal belonged to my fathers
and grandfathers, nast spring they surrendered to me and
asked for my forgiveness, and I treated them with honour
and they paid me their gsajfcah * But when the summer cane they
reverted to their evil ways, and took refuge in ’Iraq and
made countless raids and forays against my subjects. You
say that you are preventing them from doing this until they
cross to the north of the Euphrates and that, once they do
cross, you will be able to do so efficiently, r.y answer to
this is two-fold:- firstly, for them to kill and rob my
property and then for the*Iraq Government to jfyt give them
shelter is a thing most calculated to break the bonds of
friendship between two parties, unless the guilty, to wnich
ever party they belong, be punished and made to disgorge
their spoil so that the friends may bo happy and the guilty
brought to subjection. Then as regards the Bhammar who are
still on the south side of the Euphrates, how can they take
refuge in the country of my friends when they have done