"ملفات 61/12 و 61/16 (D 80) معاهدة بين بان سعود والحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٨] (٤٠٨/٢٨٢)

Lr. Ajnt^piua believed that ibn Baud ^ould cease press
for the article if he were exolicitly informed of the
withdrawal of the embargo and of the Droyi^ioQB of the
Arms Traffic v;onTention of 1925. (It was pointed out
in thi« connection that tiie Con?ention wa« not yet in
force.) suggested that ibn Saud should be
officially infonae^, without delay, that the bar^
had been removed; that, while the Ir®s Traffic invention
had not been ratified, the policy of His Majesty's
flofemaent.sould be in accordarica with that Oonv«»ntion,
and tnat if Ibn Saud should place contracts for the
supply of munitions (for goyernmental purposes) t»ith
manufacturers in this couiitry, enort liceacep r 'ould not
be witntield.
The Conference a.-^reec! t and considered that Ibn
Saud's demand for a specific provision in the Agreement
dealin ; t ,th thr arias question should be resists i.
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air- J ordan ex- 1 in jd that original article 8 nad
been broken up into three separate articles, partly tor
purposes of simplification,, and partly in .^der to ^Lte
prominence to the temination of the 1>15 Treaty* he
explained that points of detail relating to the number of
copies to be i. ned^. etc^, had ueen omitt. d.
The Conference agreed that the three articles,
as drafted by Jordan, mi^ht be accepted.
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-r- Jordan said that this question waa of
great