'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924' [‎84r] (167/544)

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until tue coiiLideralion oi ihe llej dcmandc.
A for ula was easily found for point 8 which both agreed
that they will be willing to sign.
Over point 9 the same difficulty recurr d. In itself
point 9 was unobjectionable out,when it came to the question of
what should be done with regard to the, return of tribesmen who
surreptitiously crossed the frontier without obtaining passes
irom their inspector of boundaries,Nejd insisted on the return
oi them to their own territory and Iraq said that it could not in
no way agree to do so. It here appeared to the president that
there was a suitable opportunity for complying with the request
made by Uk high Commissioner, ^ ghdad in hie telegram $ 0.34
dated 12 th of ''anu.sry 1924. j-he aclu: 1 ords “ the Iraq
Government were carefully considering the best means of meeting
Ifan Sa’ud’s wishes regarding the expulsion of the Nejd Shammar
from Iraq" were handed to the Nejd delegates in writing in
English. They were given the references, numbers and dates and
took note in Ar bic of the actual words of the messare.
The conference then proceeded to discuss the I*ejd claims.
They were iniormed that the return of th< Shammar of Ntjd.or
even heir expulsion,was impossible unless they proceeded to
commit further offences,in regard to which the iraq envoy
explained the precautions that have been taken in Iraq to prev nt
the recurrence of offences by them.
as regards point 2 ,it was explained that iraq had agreed
to be bound by the evidence of Cir fercy Cox as to whether he
had undertaken that all plunder before the Ujair agreement
should be forgotten. If i ir Percy Cox declared th t he had
iven such an undertaking, the Iraq Government would respect it
and would agree to withdraw their claim. If not,all plunder
taken after the accession of his ^jesty ing Paisal would be
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brought into account between the parties.
The Conference then proceeded to discuss points b and 4
and it became clear that no measure of agreement was found