File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎51r] (98/481)

COPY OF TELEGRAM
From Governor General To Clayton
Despatched 14 April Received 15th April .
° J ^ • 'D'-CRl'-i . Following for High Cornraiesioner}’
The following is a resume of the contents of
■the envelope from the Sherif handed to me oy "0":-
1. Letter, unsigned and dated March 29th , to the
High Commissioner. AcKnowledgements of receipt of
High Commissioner's letter of March lOtn and sum of
money sent with it ; a spumes His Majesty's Governrmmt
accepts proposals in Sherif's letter of Feoruary 18
anc has all preparations made: encloses original
document ( see letter from FEISAL under No 2 ) as
evidence of writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. 's good faith and in reply to
verbal messages of esteem and confidence in Sherif
from High Commissioner : encloses originals of letters
- under Sherif's seal - for desnatci by us to Yemen
Chiefs ( see under No 5 ).
Enclosed with above is a"verbal message " of which
the following is the gist :-
The blockade of the Yemen Coasts and the sus
pension of all traffic from the hedjaz, com.:e:iCi.ng
with Jeddah as proposed i* Sherif's letters of Feb
ruary 18th and "..arch 4th , to oe puc into execution •
The necessity to send Faisal the force quoted
and for the reasonb given, in Nherif's letters (2)
above mentioned .
Syria