"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٤] (٥٤٤/٣٠٧)

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TH ; ELEVL; iH BKSSIOK OF TH: COHFTBEiTCF.
Conference met at 9 : 3 c a.m.on the 19th January 1924.
li e minutes? of the previous: meeting v:ere read and
approved.
abih Eeg addreeeing the Fneident
I request you to aek the liajd Delegation whether they
agree to the proposal of the Secretary of Sts e for the
colonies) with regard to the refugee tribes and will be
satisfied with guarantees being taken; and if they bo not
agree to this as there are other points on which we have not
agreed up to tne present whe her they are willing to sign the
points on which we have so far agreed as a Fourth Protocol to
the Eohammerah Convention.
^resident
1 wish first of all to point out to both Delegations
that we should not prolong this Conference needlessly. We
have already been at work for a long time without comm to
anp iinal settlement. I therefore suggest that you sign as a
protocol the points which have been agreed upon and ?Iso if
you like that you record those points on which it has been
impossible to come an agreement, each party commenting cn
these and clearly st ting their importance in the eyes of
no
their Government. His iabjesty’s Government h ve^intmtion of
urging you lo sign anything against your will - 1 have
referred the question of arbitr tion and received tne following
telegram in reply.
(ht'ads Colonial Office telegram He. 14 of 8 th January
1924).
Sabih Beg
-he Government of Iraq agrees that His Majesty’s
Government should aritrate on those points upon which we
have nut been able to come to an agreement and that their
decision t> final.
* Abdallah f 2 endi,(Hajd delegate) - -