ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٤] (٣٠٨/٤٣)

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Cypher Telegram to The Sirdar (Khartoum)
foreign Office^ ilovember 25th*. 1316,
I\ O »* 2h i
Your telegrams Hose 938^ 9oO and 970 to Cairo ti
You should instruct Colonel Wilson to convey tne
following message personally to the Sher^f n±mself,
over the telephone, as a direct message from His Majes
ty 1 s Gov e rnment *
(R) •• "^is I 'la 33 sty ’ s Gov e r nme nt hav e 1 0 ar nt w iuh gr 0 a u
regret that the 3 great Arab chiefs, the Sheikhs ol
Mohammerah and Koweit, and Ibn, Baud have reason to reel
aggrieved at the reception of their advances by the
Sherifr His Majesty's Government are convinced tha^
such an incident is entirely contrary to the wishes and
intentions of the Sherif himself, and that it is no
doubt due to an oversight on the part 01 his sucordin-
ates, but they must observe that in view of the Voiy
satisfactory attitude of the 3 Sheikhs in question the
Sherif’s own interests, no less than courtesy towards
His Majesty’s Government, require him to meet the advan*
ces of The King's Allies with civility and even with
cordiality. His Majesty’s Government are using all
their influence to secure the cordial co-operauicn of
an Arabs with the Sherif, but their efforts will be of
no avail if the Sherif himself repels those whom his
Majesty’s Government have attracted to his suppoit s