File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎401v] (490/840)

Instances as those mentioned by Your Hi^hnpcc mi u
settlement without real difficulty hv th i* r ’ be capable of
an., Nejd acting in since"^^ 6 tW °
4. With regard to Your Highness’ misgivings as to the effic, t
an agreement such as I have proposed I relv with f„n ' r , h ' y ° f
Your Highness’ repeated assuran^Ts oi g^K-w ’ nd Z T ° n
for peace and order on the frontier. nCere lleS,re
I have, etc.,
Ciilbekt Clayton.
31st October, 1925.
Sit Gilbert Clayton, K.B.E., etc., His Britannic Majesty's Commit,
smier and Plenipotentiary, to His Highness 'Abdu'WAziz ihn
A ban r-Ruhman al-Faisal At Sa'ud, Sultan of Nejii and Us
Dependencies.
Your Highness,
I ha\e the honour to recall that in one of our recent conversations
spo e to \our Hig-hness about the necessity of settling the question
\r an< ^ * <)sses resulting from past raids by tribes from ‘Iraq and
eje , and we agieed that it would be necessary to lay down general
principles and formulate a procedure for the satisfactory settlement
ot this question.
In accordance with our agreement, Taufiq Bey Suwaidi, the ‘Iraq
haS discussed tb e question with Sheikh Hafiz and
- ei usuf, and they have come to a preliminary agreement on the
subject. I have the honour, therefore, to request that Your High
ness ma\, it you see lit, signify to me your concurrence in the follow
ing proposals :—
(«/ 1 hat the ‘Uqair Conference should be taken as the start-
-H^i n? 1 - 11 *° r rec ^ on * n g the losses claimed respectively by ‘Iraq
<uk ejd on account ot the raids which have taken place between
t iat Conference and the date of ratification by the ‘Iraq Govern
ment ot the Bahra Agreement.
(b) I hat the tribunal provided for in Article 2 of the Bahra
,^. reenKnt s hould be charged with the task of enquiring into the
c aims of both sides and of assessing compensation due for the
osses resulting from raids taking place during the above
men ione period, without prejudice to the other duties which
us tribunal will have to perform in the future.