File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [‎33r] (59/306)

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FOHEIvJN OFFICE^
Vl«i M«krcn t 19F7.
Sir,
X mn air#ct«4 toy &*cr#%*ry sir Au»t«n
Ch&wt^rlfein to actoowlo^go th» roeolpt of your Utter
too*49^5/^7 of MereJn loth, forecardlae copy of • telegreft
from the ftosldent et huehire reUtlire to the reported
ehenge In tne title of Ibn Seua.
£• In reply X am to Infora you that the seeretary
of state learn© from tor* Jordan, who la at preeent In
this country, that during the negotiation® which took
plaee outalde Medina at the end of last year, Xton Saud
asked to be officially designated as "King of the Hejaa
"end toejd". Upon hr# Jordan 1 # refusal to Insert this
title in the proposed treaty without further authority,
Mia Majesty stated that the neoeasary formalities, in
the shape of ti*e usual bay at, would be Issued during his
impending visit to Riyadh.
3* It would appear fr‘ 0 » the Ke aidant's telegram
tost this hayat may now have been issued, in which oaee
It Is likely that ofiiclal intimation of tm feet will
follow in due course, probably through the column a of
the Mecca newspaper "^to-ul-^wure" •
4 . Sir Miat«n Chfe»b«rUlM e«n*lder», i»»ever, U»t
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of tho aow tltlo boforo odoptln* 14 In »ay eo«!»unl«*41on»
40 Ibn sottd.
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