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•»r -a; nffipiaI s and tribesmen to conceal camels, etc.
have been collusion between Isejt f ™ rivin up the camels after they had been
and many difficulties m the way “ J ed that some definite figure, such as
handed over, etc., number to be handed over. Bin
i 000 camels, should be as stated that he had no idea how
Sand, however absotately reused to a^ee The y Force stated that
many came s, sheep, etc, wouia o camels : according to his information they
the rebel tribes had about 0 ,uw xo , attacks made upon them by his
had'lost many flocks and herds, hrstiy,^ and> at tte hanc , 8 o{ Iraqi
tribes ; secondly, J n ’e n “aiding them daily and he had no idea what the
tribes who, he stated, had been ra ;t wonld he mU eh less than the above
actual divisible amount was tm did not desire him to make resti-
figure. Presumably His Majes that they were not trust him and were
tution out of his ow r n pocket an ano ther. He finally put this m wnting
bargaining with him as one mei c efore wrote him a letter explaining that it
in however suitable language. , had declared his intentions to com-
was not a case of distrusting him but ftat as he m ^ op . nion o£ His Majesty . 8
pensate Nejdi tribesmen at an e, y d Kuwait and Iraq tribesmen should
Government, only 3 nst that the untortunai^ ant . e . pation of t h e final settlemeut
also receive some adequate comp < objection to the proposal that
which wonld inevitably take time. 1 to tak J e over the one-third of the
the British representative f °n ld lund er was based largely on (he
camels when His Majesty ha - matter would inevitably be left to
practical difficulties. 1 P"‘ n . ted ° r f J^d be much risk of friction, etc. Within
subordinate officials mult hit word saying that he wanted
an hour of the receipt of this letter Bin &aua different demea-
f the receipt ot h t 5 P _ M> w ith a very different demea
to see me and came over to mn f P r re iterating his two previous propo-
n „ur to what he ^d wo™ ^ in order to meet the
sals, he finally said that as would nav £10 000 in anticipation of tlie
wishes of His Iraq and Kuwait tribes-
final settlement on the 1 st ot cora l • j ; 1 difficulties in the
men. As this solution appeared to me to ohviate^U Pra c “^ bstantial pa;anent
way of collectang camels, shMp, t .,^n q d^ the dig J ussion %vit h the ministers it
on account, I accepted it. o . 1 q-i n i rr^p -j s i- 0 p Shawal is a very
January that it was the 3rd March.
8 The evening was spent in drafting his letter to me embodying the agree
ment and the following morning about 11 a.m. the notes were exchanged H,
Majesty inspected the Victorias, and the escort of W apitis and soon
returned by air to Kuwait. Air Commodore Burnett was most anxious to a J
to move the tribes down, and I felt that it was essential tha ,f p the
be finally settled ivithout further delay. The following morning therefore tto
rebel leaders were flown down to Bin Sand’s camp with Colonel Dickson whop
sonally handed them over to Bin Sand, and the Chief Staff Officer left with
SMblan, and emissaries from Bin Sand bearing letters of forgiveness, etc^,
Jarishan to tell the tribes to move south, while I returned that night m n.
“ Lnpin ” to Bushire.
9 . I would mention that in accordance with your instructions at my
terview with Bin Sand I informed him that His Majesty’s Government too | /
exception to the tone of the notes addressed by his Minister for Foreign A
to His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires at Jeddah.
He admitted at once that their remonstrance was justified, and express^
his regret, and it was reported to me afterwards that Bin Sand had telegrap
for Fuad Hamza to come to his camp and intended to dismiss him and appo
Hafiz Wabha to act in bis place temporarily. Now that tbe meeting with J - &
Faisal is to take place it is possible that he may decide not to make anv cna &
for the moment, and that if Fnad Hamza carries on the negotiations wnh
successfully he may rehabilitate himself : Bin Sand however was certainly ^
angry with him at the time. Curiously enough Hafiz Wabha who had been i a
a nuisance to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait for some time past, was most he p
during the negotiations : he is, I believe, on very bad terms with the i 1 S
private secretary Yusif Yasin, a Syrian, who was most obstructive in every c -’
and possibly this had much to do with it.
10 . I regret that I was unable to obtain the more definite assurances w ^
His Majesty r s Government desired re carding the exact measure of control to