"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٧] (٥٤٤/٤١٣)

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Ho .74
8th K bru ry 192'*.
Irora :
HIb highjaeBB ai ul .yiz,i}in Sr * ud,
Sul l an of Nejd,
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Pretideny oi the Kuwait onfcrence.
Dear Friend,
1 h? Vc received .your letter Do.52 of the 24 th
January cone* i Ul tnc northern tcundaries. I th very
much for the opinions snd colic!tude eepecially your pertonal
solicitude but with regard to wh? t the envoys of D’ejd have put
forward at to the prolongation of the boundariet beyond line
p; r llel 52 to the boundary oi tyria these proposals w re
founded on tne eupposit-on th**t the Government of Irans-Jordan
was an independent CJcvernirttn> . If your honour had sho n these
opinions to the envoys on the consideration that these boundar-
-iet chiefly concerned the ritish Government herself,you would
have seen th t the envoys would here changed their opinions and
proposals from those expressed by uhem, lor we have full trust
in the British Government and in no other and we are convinced
that she will guard her ngagemente with scrupulous c re.
with Iraq for 1 have no security against the tricis which the
authorities of those Government* raise and you h va seen their
obstinacy in the matter of the return of criminals from which
it c n be seen th? t there is th ir deliberate trickery and I
think there is no civilised Government that will approve th t
it should be i refuge lor murder re ana thieves.
impels us to the junction of our boun< ary with Gyria and we ^re
un tie to wa^ch tne Government of ran ^ordan domin ting our
trade and our vital interests but,if the objection really comes
from the British Government, then I leave to that Government
I cannot agree to the Junction ol iranr Jord n
Cur envoys h ve made pi in to you the necessity which