ملف [٤/١٠] العلاقات البريطانية مع ابن سعود: أنشطة فيصل الدويش [و‎‎٨] (٥٢٤/١٥)

by Bln S&ud. They have got It firaly fixed in their heads that
because Bin Baud was a big and strong person ana one lively to
give trouble v His ilejesty's Government sacrificed the interests
of their small principality on more than one occasion, oy fa
vouring gin Baud to the detriment of Kuwait, in particular th
believe that in order to get Bin Baud to agree to the present
'iraq-Hejd boundary line at the ojair conference of 1922, His
Majesty's Government unbeknown to the Shaikh of Kuwait presented
Bin Baud with a large slice of Kuwait's southern territory,thus
depriving them, the Buler and people of Kuwait, at one blow not
only of that portion of Hassa and north-east Nejd territory
which Shaikh MubaraK had acquired and consolidated in agreement
with the Turks and Bin Haschid, but also depriving them of their
sole line of defence, the!powerful tribes of gutair, Aiwa,
(al-Dooshan), Ajman and Awazim, whose habitat lay in the ter
ritory in question, and who had to go with the "lopped off
territory**.
5. The above point of view, and the fact that the Shaikh
of Kuwcit in no way desires to ta&e up an aggressive attitude
but rather takes up the attitude of one fighting for his very
existence, may be of assistance to you in putting the matter
before His Majesty's Government.
6. The actual causes of the dispute between Nejd *nd
Kuwait, may be divided under two heads.
(a) The arbitrary fixing of the present Kuwait
southern boundary at the cjair Conference
of 1922 as mentioned in paragraph 4 above
when the Ruler of Kuwait was not present
to fight his own battles, even though his
adversary Bin Baud was there, the natural
result being the present emasoulatea con
dition of Kuwait state.
(b) The Blockage of giiw&it by Bin Baud and the
consequent present state of ruin which
Kuwait finds herself in.
7. As regards (a) I do not propose saying much, beyond
the fact thnt His sxoellenoy the Ruler and all persons of any
standing in Kuwait stoutly maintain that the southern boundary