ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٦] (٣٠٨/٢٧)

Lastly I l*av 9 your letter of trie 3rd September in
ehich you explained tii&t you would lifee to be informed
whether the question of co-operation with the Sharif or of
attaching Bin Rashid was considered by us to be merely a
matter of the internal politics of the Arab Chiefs, or
whether they were questions in which the interest© of the
British Government war© also involved,
I have thought it convenient thus to surrnarl ze your
Idtcellancy*s letters, so that your enquiries could be more
clearly answered.
On receipt of your con uni cations, X referred to sy
Qovemnmit as you desired bo, and because it was not possible
for me to give you the authority to answer without doing so,
there has been as a result some delay in the com uni cation of
this reply to your Excellency, me re ult of my reference
is this
A® regards the Sharif f 6 intentions, t.. # s ciovernment,
according to the information and knowledge which they possess
have no reason whatever to thinfc that he has any evil inten
tion against your tribes or your territories* On the contra
ry H,£. regarde your Excellency as hie friend and co-adjutorj
and as for ourselves vis-a-vis yourself and the Sharif, have
we not our treaty with you in article one of which we have
recognized you as independent ruler of your territories of
srejd ?
Of course the Sharif must naturally recognize this
treaty also, and H*M*s Government would by no means support
him in any other attitude toward® you*
As to the question of co-operation with the S>urif, or
abstention from co-operation, cuid your enquiry as to whether
this is & matter of the politics of the Arabs, or Whether
the interest® of the British -overnmsnt are also involved,
I will try to make the position clear to you.
It is not hidden from you that in the first instance.
hreat