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'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (April-June, 1928)' [41] (43/96)
The record is made up of 1 volume (48 folios). It was created in Aug 1928. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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causes of friction, discussion of any provisional agreement on these
various contentious points would only lead to suspicion and distrust
on the part of the Najd authorities. His Majesty's advisers brought
up many points, and contested them hotly. I was also of opinion
that a detailed agreement at this stage, however much its provisional
nature might be emphasized, would hamper subsequent negotiations
for permanent agreement, and inevitably be quoted as a precedent.
I therefore decided to drop the whole question and confine the
conditions of suspension to a general undertaking on both sides
to refrain from offensive action and do their utmost to abstain
from any measures which might be misunderstood and cause suspicion
to the other Government or excitement among the tribes.
Twelfth Meeting.
The twelfth meeting was held at the King's House at 10 a.m.
on Sunday, the 20th May, and was attended by the King, with his
four advisers, Mr. Antonius and myself.
2. I opened the meeting by asking His Majesty whether he had
any observations to make on the points which I had raised on the
previous evening. He referred to two or three points which had
been hotly contested by his advisers in sub-committee, notably
to the statement that each Government had the right to take such
measures as it thought fit for the purpose of defence, and to the
undertaking to abide by existing treaties, in regard to which he
insisted that his interpretation of the Uqair Protocol should be
accepted.
3. After listening for a short time' I interposed and informed
His Majesty that I had only suggested that a provisional agreement
on these points should be concluded in the hope that it might help
to remove possible causes of misunderstanding. I had not put
forward my suggestion in any spirit of bargaining or with any
endeavour to score tactical points. It appeared obvious, however,
from the result of the discussions in sub-committee, and to some
extent from His Majesty's remarks, that my intentions had been
misunderstood and that the effect of my suggestion had been to
arouse suspicion and distrust. I added, with some heat, that if
this was the spirit on which the conversations had to be suspended
there was not much hope of avoiding misunderstandings and
unpleasant incidents in the future. His Majesty had always assured
me of his complete trust in my fairness and impartiality, and I
could not but regret that my suggestion, which had been made with
the best intentions, appeared to have been attributed to a desire
to get the better of the Najd Government. His Majesty then
interrupted with vehemence, assuring me of his complete confidence
in the good intentions of His Majesty's Government and in my
personal friendship and impartiality.
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This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in August 1928, is an account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the first part of his third mission (April-June 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to negotiate outstanding questions mainly concerning boundaries of and relations between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan following the Hadda and Bahra Agreements of 1925, and the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927.
Clayton was accompanied by George Antonius, Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government; Kinahan Cornwallis, Adviser to the Ministry of Interior in Iraq; Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector in the Iraq Government Service; Flight-Lieutenant G M Moore; and Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Counsellor to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Baghdad. The Najd delegates included: Dr Abdullah Damluji [‘Abdullāh al-Damlūjī]; Shaikh Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn]; Shaikh Hafez Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah]; and Shaikh Fuad Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah].
A page of contents and list of annexes appears on folio 2v with the following sections:
- 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, KCMG, KBE, CB' (folios 3-9);
- 'Record of Proceedings' (folios 10-22);
- 'Memorandum and Minutes of the Proceedings of the 'Iraq-Najd Sub-Committee' (folios 23-32);
- 'Memorandum on the Proposed Arbitration between Najd and Trans-Jordan' (folios 33-34)
- 'Notes Exchanged on the Suspension of Negotiations' (folios 34v-35);
- 'Draft Extradition Agreement' (folios 36-27);
- 'Draft Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement' (folios 38-40);
- 'Correspondence Relating to Frontier Incidents, April, 1928' (folios 40v-43).
There is one appendix which consists of Colonial Office letters of instruction to Sir Gilbert Clayton, dated 17 April 1928 (folios 43v-47). The front cover is marked 'Confidential' and 'Printed for the use of the Colonial Office'. Clayton's account is continued in 'Middle East No. 28', 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (July-August, 1928)' (IOR/L/PS/20/E90/2).
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There is a table of contents, a list of annexes and an appendix, which make reference to page numbers in the volume.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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