'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924' [‎95r] (189/544)

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to Your Kighnesfc Bfever^l extracte.have been considered by the
colonial Secretary who has himself olfered a solution which the
Iraq envoy declares hi nself ready to accept. The j ejd envoys
however express their regret hot their instructions do not permit
them to accept this solution without further reference to Your
Highness.
1 cannot X th^nk do better then commence by stating the
difficulties,from the Iraq point of view,in the way of complying
with the Nejd demand lor the surrender of refuge tribes and
tribesmen at the request ol His Highness the Sultan of Hejd.This
statement has been prepared with full consideration and after
consultation with the envoy from Iraq qho declares that their
difficulties have here oeen fully stated.
These difficulties resolve themselves into three classes;
(a) Practic 1 tb) Sentimental (c) Political.
Jndi r the head "practical dii ficul ties’* come:
(a) the enormous extent oi the desert country which it would be
necessary to guard and manoeuvre over.
(b) the practical difficulties of ascertaining the whereacouts
of refugee tribes who usually come in by driblets and
settle with any of the 200 tribes on the western frontier
of Iraq on a line rou hly par lltl to the line between
i>hBr .h and b-jaf.
th. impossibility of employing force
1st because the forces at the disposal of the fr q Govern
ment are insufficient
2nd because there is neither sufficient money nor organiza
-tion even if forces sufficient existed,
ord. ^ven it t ere were troops and money or organization
were effective, the impossibility of troops manoeuvring
effectively in such operations and over such large tract
of country.
under tiu* head w sentimental difficulties'’ come:
*he difficulty for King Vaisal, as Sharif and member of