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File 57/1928 Pt 4 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Mission of Sir G. Clayton to Ibn Saud.' [317v] (632/1364)
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Sixth Meeting.
The sixth meeting took place in the King’s House at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, the 16th of May, and was attended by the King, with
his four advisers, and by Mr. Cornwallis, Mr. Antonius, Captain Glubb
Flight-Lieutenant Moore, and myself.
2. I opened the meeting by asking His Majesty whether he had
any suggestion to make which might lead to a way out of the dead
lock at which we appeared to have arrived. He replied that after
having thought over the whole question he had no proposal to make.
3. I then gave a brief summary of the situation, pointing out that
the main obstacle to settlement was the wide divergence which had
been discovered between the interpretation placed upon Article 3
of the Uqair Protocol by His Majesty’s Government and that given
to it by His Majesty. I did not wish to question His Majesty’s
statement of the view which he had always held, but I was bound to
inform him quite definitely that His Majesty’s Government and the
Iraq Government had never contemplated, nor could accept any
other interpretation than that which I had now explained to’him.
they must hold to the principle that each Government in its own
erntory had the right to take such administrative and defensive
measures as appeared suitable and necessary. I was, therefore,
asking him to agree to discuss with me a formula which might remove
all doubt as to the real meaning of the Article in question in order
to prevent future misunderstandings.
L There was nothing in the Uqair Protocol, as interpreted by
Mis Majesty s Government or warranted by the wording of its
provisions, to prevent either Government from erecting posts, except
wi m the narrow belt which was envisaged by the actual wording
ot Article d. In point of fact, however, no fortified posts at all had
been established, or even contemplated, until the attack on Busaiya
and subsequent raids had made it essential to take adequate measures
‘f+n population living in 'Iraq territory. In view
of the attacks which had been made and of the disturbed state of his
tribesmen, which had already been emphasized to me by His Majesty,
+ V1 °y S Y ^Possible for the 'Iraq Government to dismantle
i ts un her the threat of armed force and to leave 'Iraq exposed
to similar attacks in the future.
o. With regard to the question of compensation, the attack on
r CaUSed 1083 ° f llfe and P ro P ert y; and the 'Iraq Govern-
HnprT^f f ° r ooroper^ation for the lives of policemen and employees
< T an ma en al destroyed. There were also the losses inflicted
on raq tribesmen m the course of raids subsequent to the attack
usai 3 a, an requested His Majesty to agree to reparation being
arranged for m accordance with the procedure laid down in the
relevant agreements m force
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The part concerns the mission of Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton in 1928 to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and of Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to conduct negotiations concerning the frontier between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan, and to discuss relations between the states.
The papers cover: correspondence and minutes concerning the progress of negotiations; interim reports by Clayton; the application of the Uqair [Al-ʻUqayr] Protocol; reports by Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector, Southern Desert; negotiations over frontier posts and extradition; tribal raids; list of places through which Ibn Saud passed on his journey from Riyadh to Mecca in April to May 1928, with distances and times, sent to the Foreign Office as an indication of the state of the roads in the area (folios 396-399); printed copies of Clayton's reports, April-June 1928 (folios 302-348), and July-August 1928 (folios 69-90); papers concerning the breakdown of negotiations, August 1928; and minutes by George Habib Antonius.
The part includes correspondence from: Clayton, Ibn Saud, the High Commissioner for Iraq, HM Consul and Agent, Jeddah, and the Colonial Office.
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