ملف ٤٥٠\ ١٩٢٢ الجزء ١ "الجزيرة العربية: نزاع نجد-شرق الأردن: أنشطة أتباع ابن سعود؛ المؤتمر المقترح في الكويت" [و‎‎٢‎٠] (٨٤٨/٤٤)

IPA^APEHASE TSLEGfUM fro® Colonel Knox (Kuwait)to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies. Dated 21st December
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I Addressed Colonial Oftioe, repea tad-io-ia^SaS, JerusIiOT, feol&s by post
■to Bushire and Jeddah. * 1 r
Mo•33 of 21st December.
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Boise measure of agreasent has been reached regarding
nine points of Dobbs telegram Me.619 continued and dated 27th
November. First point has resolved itself into the eight
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points submitted by Nejd, These are detailed in my immediate-
ly preceding telegram. Progress has been made in drafting
agreement with regard to second point which has been agreed to.
Third and ninth points have been merged and Mejd envoys have
referred to Bin Baud question whether he will accept Iraqi
agent at Kiyadh. Fourth point has been accepted as regards
official correspondence. Complete deadlock has been caused by
draft of Article 2 of the fifth point. Although in principle
it is admitted that neither party haw the right to raise raids
even from its own tribes in the other’s territory, Mejd center#
and Iraq concurs that ?they possess ri^at to sand call to arms.
In such event tribe(g)men may go over of their own free will
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and why the call. Iraq^however, says that they must go in that
case with wiver, children and cattle as emssies of Mejd will
luadoo otherwise complain that Iraq is sheltering women, children
aoigas l and property of raiders in arms. Mejd replies that no nation
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insists on such a right. I rather hesitate to ask for a
decision or an expression of opinion on such a fdelicate point.
On condition that seventh point is satisfaetprily settled sixth
point is accepted. Former awaits decision of II.M.
Government on the point whether raiding may be regarded as an
extraditAabJ© offence (see closing lines of my telegram Ho•31
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of 18th December. Both sides have accepted eighth point with
slight verbal alteration and agreement diseuseion has been
drafted but large measure of Agreement with regard to ninth
point has been obtained and prospects hopeful but this is still
subject of discussion.
Above is continuation of my telegram Mo.32.