ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٦‎٣] (٣٠٨/١٠١)

dealings with one another and affected by our individual
views and interests) it is evident and well known to Your
Honour that none of us will let an opportunity pass which will
■benefit us against the enemy,and that the reason for absten
tion from action is that we are watching for such an
opportunity as please God,will secure a successful issue.If
however,the case is otherwise,and if you discern in the
matter anything conducive to my interests and yours there is
no doubt that T will not, Tnshallohitdeviate fro^ your opinion
or your point of view,after consultation between us,either
in writing or by confidential messenger,or Hthcr> might be a
meeting between me and Your Honour at any place you nleasc,
so that we could exchange views on the subject. That is what
I should like best,for there are necessarily many matters
in one f s hxxd mind which affect the interests of both parti es.
If you so order it and if 37-011 think it advisable
that we should have a meeting,you must give me sufficient
notice to enable a meeting to be arranged. I will await a
renly to this letter and the receipt of your instructions.
Inshallah,you will inform me of good and gratifying
news of the victories of the Great Government in Iraq and
elsewhere. It is ever our hope that j^our friendship with me
will be perpetual.
In conclusion I wish you good health ancl prosnecity.
May you be preserved etc.