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EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
L June 6, 1927. J
Section 2.
[E 2583/119/91]
No. 1.
Sir G. Clayton to Sir Austen Chamberlain.
Sir, Foreign Office, June 6, 1927.
WITH reference to my despatch of to-day's date, in which I submitted the
report of my recent mission to Jeddah for the purpose of negotiating a treaty with
the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith
a more detailed account of the course of the negotiations than appeared necessary
in that report.
I have, &c.
GILBERT CLAYTON.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Record of Conversations with His Majesty King Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdvl-RaJiman
al-Faisal AI Saud.
1st Meeting.
HIS Majesty arrived in Jeddah by car on the morning of Monday, the 9th May,
and received the mission at 2-30 p.m . on the same day.
This meeting was confined to greetings and the usual exchange of compliments,
the King welcoming the mission with great cordiality. It was arranged to begin
conversations on the following morning.
2nd Meeting.
The second meeting took place in the King's house at 9 a.m . on the 10th Ma\,
the following being present :—
The King, attended by Sheik Yusuf Yasin.
Sir Gilbert Clayton.
Mr. Jordan.
Mr. Antonius.
Sir G. Clayton opened the proceedings by giving a short account of the events
which had occurred since his last mission to His Majesty, including
(a.) His journey to Palestine and Iraq for the purpose of explaining verbally
to the local authorities the provisions of the Hadda and Bahra
Agreements. . ^
(6.) The steps that he had taken to bring before His Majesty's Government
the various requests which the King had put forward at Bahra, with
special reference to his desire to conclude a general treaty with His
Maiestv's Government which should take the place ot the treaty concluded
in 1915. . . . • i i
(c) His mission to the Imam Yahya, necessitating consultation with the
Government of India and the Political Resident at Aden, and finally a
journey to San'a. . , , T t ^
id) The conversations which had taken place with the Italian Government m
regard to the respective interests of Great Britain and Italy in the
Red Sea area, culminating in Sir Gilbert Clayton's visit to Rome and
his discussion's there with the Governor of Eritrea and officials of the
Italian Foreign Office. (In regard to these conversations the King
observed that? since they had taken place, he had noticed a certain
diminution of Italian activity, and felt sure that they were having an
excellent effect.)
Sir Gilbert Clayton concluded by saying that he had given this short history of
events in order to show His Majesty that Arabian affairs had been occupying the
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