'Najd-Transjordan Boundary' [‎50r] (104/358)

Middle East would require further consideration
—Ql„..a..g,uosidx«_ Ksx It was agreed that the payment
off a subsidy to Ibn Saud was out of the question, and that this
question should not be mentioned in any communication addressed
to Ibn Saud.
U) Arms . Mr. Mallet pointed out that Ibn Saud*8
request to Sir G. Clayton for arms was made before he had
captured Medina and Jeddah, as a result of which considerable
stores of arms and ammunition passed into his possession.
It was agreed that, although it might be advisable in the future
to allow him to purchase in Great Britain arms for Governmental
purposes, it would be undesirable to volunteer to do atx do at
present. It was accordingly agreed that his request under
this head should be ignored. X
(5) Representation in Damascus . Mr. Spring Rice said the
representative in Damascus should be allowed to go, by degrees #
but that at the same time, the Consul should keep in personal
touch with him. It was agreed that Ibn Saud should be informed
that the attention of His Majesty’s Government had been called
to the question and that they had taken his correspondence with
Sir G. Clayton into consideration and have no objection to
his entering into direct correspondence with the French
authorities in Syria through his representative at Damascus.
6. Arrangements for Pilgrimage . It was agreed that the foreign
Office should telegraph to the British Consul at Jeddah asking
him how far he was in a position to meet Ibn Saud l s request for
an early estimate of the total number of pilgrims likely to
perform the pilgrimage this year and whether he wished H.M.G. to
take steps to obtain further information to supplement that
already in his possession.
7. Hejdi delegationfco India. It was uecided that in writing
to Ibn Saud it should be pointed out that this matter had now
been satisfactorily disposed of in accordance with his wishes.
8* Senussi . It was agreed that no action should be taken on
an^no communication made to Ibn Saud with Reference to his
intercession on behalf of trie Senussi, pending the xxx return
of Sir G. Clayton who had promised to make enquiries in Cairo.
9. Harbour at Has Tannura . As Sir G. Clayton had proposed to
take up the matter with the aurhorities in Bombay, it was agreed
to await his return before considering what action was possible
on this, and that in the meantime no communication on the
subject should be made to Ibn Saud.
10. delimitation o f Trans-Jordan Fr ontier. It was agreed that
the delimitation onTthe spot of the frontier laiddown in the
Hadda Agreement should be deferred tintil the new treaty with
Ibn Saud had been concluded, when it would be possible to
arrange for the delimitation of the whole of the ffxgraaxar
frontier between Ibn Saud’s territories and British Mandated
territory to be carried out as one operation. Mr Spring Rice
pointed out, however, that the Foreign Office were anxious to
have the frontier settled as there had been complaints of
frontier infringements on the part of both the French authorities
in Syria and of Ibn Baud.