مجموعة ٤/١٧ "الحدود العراقية-السورية والحدود بين سوريا وشرق الأردن: ترسيم الحدود" [و‎‎٧‎٠] (٧٨٨/١٥٢)

both the railway and the whole of the va'ilpv nf ti-,o Vo^ i
convention of 1920 as in principle lying in the territory eSCr i bed 111 the
When I saw that I was unable to sh°ake him on this folt t" ench r ! landa t e '
promise by which the thalweg of the main stream of th v ^ a com ~
*» r, or "t re ““ = *“ ~ t t
^ 1Ter ^ * e , sec ° nd bndge north - east of El Hamme station; thence the Jonvent on
be th he i b 7f dary , Up t0 the P 01111 i th?ra U iW cmseTthe
argument whichTasted kte into thTevening ^M^onso^fi 11 ^ 811111 ^^ H After an
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“'“I “ CUulimup to Semakh Jatioo. ’ I, “ .fcfi'itS
b; artitla 8 of the Frtuioo.BritM, Contention of the -aM Set'nZTiS'^n
will be observed that this compromise secures a valuable concession ’ for frans-
luv “m theTopT^which thetillage S of^TlrKheffT 1 sit 7 t^ r* T !llmvk
Syrfalo TransSan 30 ^ 7 ^ north east 'of El Hamme stetion^From
river Itharthereforefinf 0 ' 10 ^ 6 ] 1 Where ‘a® railway runs t0 the soutb of tbe
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5. In the Deraa sector we were in agreement and M Ponsot’s draft
ckSwIs'alopted. amendmentS SUggested in London for the purpose of
d’OrL ne ?e n t omin ? Mr - Cam P be11 and 1 P a l d a visit to the Quai
but I found rtt h M ed p h T e th . e opportunity of speaking to M. Berthelot alone,
at the interview M PTS ^ ^ S ?int-Quentin had arranged to be present
sector ?n th M - B^y eiot made a long speech on the subject of the key-point
mst be dve 3 ? l° f WJl ! cbhe " r g ed f bat on a ma tter of such importance there
the nrohlem :a ' e ° n i >otb sld e s - He showed a surprising misconception of
drZnemf v wh 01 ? 0f P rmCd P le whlch divided I recapitulated the main
anSlrf a! I ha b d ased Wlth M - Pons ot and illustrated them from the map,
stand ,n'‘ J ' Berthelot that in placing my cards on the table and taking my
dinln,, gldl y on this line from the first I had perhaps committed an error in
IinoTr C /’j ““rght have been easier for M, Ponsot, for instance, to accept this
T.yt 1 , ilad originally demanded a 4-mile or even a 3-mile zone. I had, however
1 -I era e y a dopted an attitude of the utmost frankness with my friend and
eague from the start, and had told him that this was the utmost to which mv
government was prepared to go. I still held to that declaration, but I felt sure
moo a satisfy M. Ponsot in regard to his administrative difficulties by
T a £ re fd principles for a Bon-Voisinage ” arrangement in this zone,
hv tl? ^ a PPenled to M. Berthelot not to disappoint the first mission sent to Paris
Jhi 6 neW .t * 8 * 1 Government in its endeavours to arrive at a fair and amicable
ement with France on a long-standing difficulty. After Mr. Campbell and
• amt-Cuentin had joined in the discussion, M. Berthelot invited us to explore
uie possibilities of settlement in M. Saint-Quentin’s office.
of th f ^^fyiog period of the morning was spent in redrafting the definition
V ron t le r to include the amendments which had been accepted, and M. Ponsot
greed to omit the phrase “ en ce qui concerne specialement le sud du Djebel
ruse, which he had inserted in the revised Beirut formula (Annex B). He
empted to alter the phrase c£ modifiee pour tenir compte ” in the penultimate
P ragraph of the formula, but finally agreed to leave the wording as it stood.
u • After lunch, while I discussed with M. Ponsot the general lines of an
ccord frontalier ” and cc Bon-Voisinage,” Mr. Campbell and M. Saint-Quentin
^ r e engaged in the drafting of an exchange of notes between Lord Tyrrell and
if w ri if nd would give formal sanction to the informal agreement, which
as noped might be reached between M. Ponsot and myself that evening. The
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