"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٠] (٥٤٤/٣٧٩)

8th February 1924.
From:
Hie Highnet;fc Abdul Aziz,Bin Sa f ud
Sultan £»f * He jd ,Nej d.
To
Lieut Col.S,G.Knox, C.S.I.,C.I,E.,
President of the Kuv/ait Conference. -y**
Dear Friend,
I have received your letter Ho.52 of the 24th
January concerning the northern boundaries. I thank you very
much for the opinions and solicitude especially your personal
solicitude but,with regard to what the envoys of Nejd have put
forward as to the prolongation of the boundaries beyond line
parallel to the boundary of Syria ? these proposals were
founded on the supposition that the Government of Trans Jordan
was. an independent Government. If your honour had shown these
opinions to the envoys on the consideration that these boundaries
chiefly concerned the British Government herself you would have
seen that the envoys would have changed their opinions and
proposals from those expressed by them for we have full trust
in the British Government and in no other and we are convinced
that she will guard her engagements with scrupulous care.
I cannot agree to the junction of Trans Jordan with
Iraq for I have no security against the tricks which the
authorities of those Governments raise and you have seen their
obstajey in the matter of the return of criminals from which
it can be seen that there is their deliberate trickery and I
think there is no civilised Government that will approve that
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it should be a refuge for murderers and thiejs.
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Our envoys have made plain to you the necessity
which impels us to the junction of our boundary with Syria and
we are unable to watch the Government of Trans Jordan dominating
and our trade and our vital interests but,if the objection really
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comes from the British Government,then I leave to th$ Government
herself to find a solution to repel the danger threatening my
country and my tribes now and in the future from the junction
of the Government of Trans Jordania with Iraq, and to find a