'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924' [‎8r] (15/544)

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would bt involved in when Ikhwan iorcet, raieed in Ira , w re
raiding in xn ns Jordan! while the wive£, faniliefi tnd cattle
of those eame I ere were enjoying proteciion of Iraq, it ie
quite Cv;r.ain that Nejd will never agree that the tribeenten,
joining up to the ranks of tne ikhwan,should take with them their
wives, f lilies and animals but I do not despair of persuading the
hejd envoys th t the practical difficulties in the way of Iraq
enforcing the expulsion of wives, families and animals will be so
great that they need not seriously consider this an obstacle to the
conclusion of an agreement such as is laid down ^n point 5 which
will be silent on the subject of f milies, no animals.
la. ihere is no difficulty whatever about 6 on p'p r and
Baghdad telegram ho .4 dated ord of January 1924 suggests th t point
7 should be dropped. 1 f it is dropped / i do not think that the
i^ejd envoys will attempt to raise it ag in^ although wc will have
a great deal of difliculty over the question of refugee tri s.
li. Boint 8 has been accepted subject to a slight verbal
alteration where for !t to discard read H not to show'* and instead
of "before” read "when" and add the words ” or while in foreign
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territory.
lb. Boint 9 has been accepted with the exception of the
place where these Inspectors of >oundarie6 are to be pos ed. It
is desired by Nejd and agreed to as reason ble cy Iraq that these
Inspectors of Boundaries should be posted at some place within
tne neutral territories common to both Iraq and tfcjd. The only
dilficuliy is to select a suitable spot. The details of the
arrangement h^ve to be worked out but do not seem to present much
difficulty. n attempt will be made, especially by Hejd.to
stipulate that tribes chould not be allowed to cross the frontier
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except under a system of passes and the old problem will arise in
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no her form as to wr t is to be done with such tribes evade
the vigilance of the Inspectors of boundaries and cross the
frontier without su^hority from their own Inspector. Will Iraq
here again adopt the principle of Baghdad Tele rNo.10— dated
9 th Januvry 1924 ? If Iraq will agree to treat them as offender