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'File 61/14 VII (D 51) Relations between Nejd and Iraq' [12r] (38/416)
The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1928-31 Dec 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty^ GoTernment.]
EASTERN ( Arabia ). July 26, 1928.
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 1.
[B 3710/2968/91] No. 1.
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.^-(Received July 26.)
Sir, Downing Street, July 25,1928.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, for
the information of Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, copy of a despatch to
Sir G. Clayton, on the subject of the resumed negotiations with Ibn Saud.
I am, &c.
S. H. WILSON.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Colonial Office to Sir G. Clayton. J- 2 F
Sir,
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 10th July reporting on the progress and the results of your recent mission to
Jeddah to negotiate a settlement of outstanding questions with His Majesty King
Ibn Saud. The circumstances which led to the suspension of your conversations with
King Ibn Saud last May as a result of a deadlock on the question of the advanced
desert posts in Iraq, have been considered by His Majesty's Government in consulta
tion with the Government of Iraq. It has been decided that the interrupted
conversations should be resumed as soon as possible, and that the conduct of the
resumed negotiations should be entrusted to you, a duty which it is understood that
you are prepared to undertake.
In communicating to you the instructions contained in this letter, in the isense
of which the concurrence of the Iraq Government and, where necessary, that of the
Government of Trans j or dan has been obtained, I am to explain that these are
intended for your general guidance only, and that there is no desire on the part
of His Majesty's Government to interfere with your discretion in regard to the
precise form or manner in which the various decisions reached should be
communicated to Ibn Saud.
2. In regard to the major question at issue, namely, lhat of the advanced posts
in Iraq, you should inform King Ibn Saud that His Majesty's Government regret that
they are unable to make any concession of principle. Subject to their treaty engage
ments, which, in the considered opinion of His Majesty's Government, have in no
way been infringed in the present case, the Iraq Government have every right to
make what arrangements they please for the administration of their tribes and of
their desert areas, and His Majesty's Government cannot accept any interference
with this right, the maintenance of which they regard as essentially a British interest.
You should, however, explain to King Ibn Saud that the actual system of administra
tion to be adopted for this purpose has not yet been determined, and it is proposed
immediately to consider a reorganisation of the present system.
The present intention of the Iraq Government is to retain three advanced posts
only, apart from such posts as may be required for the protection of the transdesert
route and of a pipe-line, if and when constructed, and apart also from posts so remote
from the frontier as clearly to be of no interest to King Ibn Saud. Into these two
categories would fall the existing posts at Rutba, Ain Wiza and Muhaiwir, to none
of which King Ibn Saud is understood to take exception.
The advanced posts which the Iraq Government at present intend to retain will
provisionally be located at Salman, Busaiyah and Shabicha, although the Iraq
Government must reserve liberty to vary these locations if this is considered desirable
hereafter. In the case of Shabicha, it is not proposed at present, unless the situation
on the frontier becomes threatening, to proceed with the erection of permanent
structures.
3. You should inform King Ibn Saud that you are authorised to communicate
to him the assurance of His Majesty's Government and of the Iraq Government that
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and reports relating to affairs between the British Mandate of Iraq and the Kingdom of Najd. The majority of the correspondence is between Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary (both in London), Henry Dobbs, High Commissioner in Iraq, Lionel Haworth, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bushire, Cyril Barrett, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain, James More, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait, Ibn Sa'ud, King of Hejaz-Najd and its Dependencies, John Glubb, Administrative Inspector in Iraq, Gerald De Gaury, Special Service Officer in Kuwait, and the Government of India.
The volume covers the period of unrest after a revolt by the Ikhwan during which there was a perceived threat of attacks against Iraq and Kuwait. The causes of and solutions to the crisis are suggested and debated amongst the different offices and departments of the British Government. Subjects raised are:
- intelligence of tribal movements and activities, particularly those of the Ikhwan tribes of Mutair, 'Ajman, and 'Utaibah, and the threat and occurrence of cross-border raids, all gathered from reports by John Glubb, as well as local rumour and reports;
- issues concerning the defence of Kuwait (naval protection, air reconnaissance and bombing, a land force);
- the friction between civil and military authorities;
- the second meeting (August 1929) between Gilbert Clayton and Ibn Sa'ud to try and reach an agreement;
- the thoughts, motivations, and capabilities of Ibn Sa'ud;
- a second meeting between Ibn Sa'ud and Ikhwan leaders in Riyadh to try and resolve the crisis;
- the idea of a blockade of Hasa ports to force the Najdi tribes into submission.
Other subjects included are:
- the sale of arms to Kuwait;
- Sa'id al-'Aiyash, a Damascus journalist who plans to travel to Riyadh.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (205 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
This volume comes in two parts: the first part is a bound volume; the second part is a small file.
Foliation: The sequence starts on the volume's title page and continues through to the inside back cover. It resumes on the front cover of the file and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled, and positioned in the top right corner of each folio. There are the following anomalies: 1A-1C; 114A; 182A-182D; and 191A. There is a second, incomplete sequence that is also written in pencil in the same place, but is uncircled.
Condition: folio 150 bottom right corner torn away, obscuring some text.
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