"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٠] (٥٤٤/٣٩٩)

„ 5 /? ^
So. ?? of 1924,
ia& /guzah,
uwai ,Per t i n Gull’,
27th February 1924.
rom :
Lieu\. • Colonel T ,G .Knox, C .G . I #,o . 1.1*,,
President, Kuwait Conference,
iO
j he Hi hi lon’ble 'r. J .H .Thor/iae,
Secret ry oJ State for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
Downing Street, Lon on S.W.l.
Sir,
I have the honour to lorward herewith in conlirmation
copy of my telegram l o.78 dated the 22nd of ^bru ry 1924. r ihe
tranelatione of the letters from His Highness Abdul ziz I bn
Sa’ud,Sultan of Hejd,referred to in the telegram cited above, are
forwarded herewith.
2. In the meantime 1 have received information from the
Political Agent, Bahrain, th;t my telegram No.77 dated the 22nd
3ebruary stopping the Nejd deputation arrived too late and that
the Nejd deputation, minus its President Saiyid Hsmzah nd the
well known L•hrain merchant gutaibi, left for Kuwait on the 2oth
February nd may be expected here tomorrow. It is possible that
they may be r r a reply to the message sent by the Lon tie cht
Resident in the Persian Gull as prescribed in your telegram No.
67 dated the 5th of February 1924 and reported by the Resident
in his telegram Ho.266 oi the 11th of - ebruary 1924.
3. re ly is also due from Lie Highness the fultan to
my letter, the despatch of which was reported in my telegram No.
69 dated the 8th of February and a translated copy forwarded with
my despatch No.77 of the 14th leoruary. Both these letters to Ms
i.ighness the Gultan oi Hkjd left by the mail oi the l^th
Kbru ry from ,-ushire. -hey should tneicfore have reached His
highness the Sultan at Al H ssa about the 2Cth of iebrhary, and
probaoly before the Nejd depuU tion left a 1 ssa. .
4. The matters which now appear to c >11 for immediate
decision are two in number. The firtv is raised in Baghdad