"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎٨‎٢] (٥٤٤/١٦٣)

COLv N .1. Ki^CX’B I. SSIOiK ABOUT THE TENTH CONFERENCE
K' LL AT 9;oO a.m.ON TH' 1 18TH JANUARY.
Hrteent: Sabih Beg, nvoy of Iraq accompanied by Abdullah al
«iUBXir and Secretary. •
■t J refetni aleo Hejd delegation headed by Saiyfd Humzah.
-embero ; Abdullah Bi mluji
* ^odullah ;.ziz ^u&aibi
• and Saiyid Ua&him ( Secretary).
President and Secretary of the Confer nee alec present.
Uie President opened the proceedings by informing
‘■iu ..eju delegates that iraq had ceased to insist on the condition
that any agreement come to here depends on a lasting agreement
between Hejd sad Hedjas. Xhe hejd delegates noted the fact, .he
President then proceeded to take up the Iraq points.
iht lirst point was left over until Nejd put forth
its claim*,
as regards the 2nd point the draft agreement between
hejd and Iraq to prevent the tribes from raiding was read over and
slight alterations, reached in discussion, principally in the
direction ol baghdad ielegiam Ho. 4 dated 3.1.24 para 2 -wa*. agreed
to. It was arranged that by next meeting of the Conference an
agreement in due form between Sejd and Iraq delegations should be
presented to the Conference, after definite approval by signing
at a subsequent meeting.
ftith regard to pcinte J and 4, they were merged in an
agreement covering the brd,4th and Sth pointe and the matter of
appointment of an Iraq .gent in Riyadh should be held over for
the present.
Bo agreement v/at lound pcsfeible in regard to the 5th
point as Sabih Beg, the Iraq envoy, declared ihet he could onlv
accept a bare agreement that both rulers should undertake not to
raise armed forces within the other’s territories. The Nejd
delegation pressed for a definition of the term "to raise armed
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