"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎٧] (٥٤٤/١٣)

exctpu in regard to the residence of an fraq gent in Riyadh which
the l^ejd delegaiefc taid they could not possibly concent to, un* il
ihcy hare received the tpeciiic ssent oi His Highness the -ultan
of Hejd. fhli ll on^ oi t)iS epecial points which ulla HtJ idh has
one to iyadh to negotiate. I anticipate that h<_ should return
with an answer * ^iorc ohe end of January, loth parties seem to agre
hat # as a matter oi practice, co municaLions oy the rulers with
the tribes would probably be better conducted through the Inspectors
of Bou daries ana there seems little coubt that that will be the
lorm the agreement will eventually take, ^n that case the residence
of an -traq Agent in Riyadh, whether assented to or not, ?*ill not
much affect the relations between the two states. I g th r from
the Iraq envoy that they consider it certain jthat the Sultan ol
iujd will not agree to the presence of an official Iraq igent in
his dominions and that the matter was not pressed seriousl .
raised. i’etr nic&lly, oi course this point too would involve the
residence of Iraq agent in Riyadh cut it is unlikely that the
authorities in Iraq ^fill desire to make iny direct communicai ions
to me oi i ici Is or I it oi Kej d• As - tw ^ter of pr’- ctical
politico , iiis igimess the k ultan ol Nsjci will no doubt have his own
me thods of dealing with any of his officials or Shaikhs who may
intrigue with Iraq, the position Jure is that Iraq ifill o t in
whrL it desires and tfejd is largely indiffertnt.
point 5 but for the fact that the Iraq envoy insisted th t,if Nejd
tribesmen, sojourning in Iraq, decided to ret ond *0 a call to •-rms,
thty should clear out of their territory with their w ves and
families und.mott import nt ol ll / Lh-ir rnimals. Mejd was quick
x.o respond that such a stipulation was contr ry to th- principles
obt ining amongst civilised nations and th t, if a loyal erman,
residing in ngland, were to o ey ^o a c il for conscription, the
Aritish Government would not insist on the immtdiate repatriation
oi hit wife and i mily. Iraq laid stress on the difficulties they
II. with regard to point 4 no difficulty whatever was
12 . There would have been no diffie Ity wh; tcvvr about