"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٢] (٥٤٤/٤٢٣)

(1) Agree wherever potBible
(2) Hever Bt*y il 1 cant h ve thie X cannot sign anything.
(ordly} Record carefully difceent where concefeeiont ffil
to come up to expectationfc.
Ihie 1 b the line 1 propoee to follow at next conference
and 1 confidently hope lor support of all.
leaBfc refer to my telegram «o.78 dated 22nd eiruary.
1 have dealt with letter in regard to Parallel 32 at length in
my despatch No.97 dated 27th February. ^o ftr in* Nejd
delegatefc h r ve not referred to this letter but, if X read it
correctly, the fultan now accepts the decioion oi Hit M JcBty b
G overnment that Iraq and Irane-Jordania must not be Beparated
and leaver it to thst Government ”to find a eolution to repel
the danger threatening my country and my tribes now and in the
future from that junction** and he eugrestts that the agreement
on this subject should b signed between myself as represent t-
-ive oi' the British Government and the hejd envoys. If such an
agreement accords with the policy of His Majesty's Government,
1 see no great difficulty in preparing &n agreement creating
a buffer state out of the %adi bir.-an with rights to hejd and
~r*ns Jordania in Jauf and h>f respectively; hat c rav ns from
hejd to Syria and Kgypt will, under the aegis of the High
Commissioner for Palestine, be permitted to/pasB duty iree and
in safety throughout Palestine, Trans Jordania fnd a buffer
state to be created; and th*t detailed arrangements as to
conditions of passage, protection and li*eedOT 0 from all tr -nsit
duties will be settled by convention between represent tives
of hf^h tommissioner P let tine and representatives of buitan
of Hejd and 1 should be grateful for instructions as to
attitude I am to adopt towards this proposal.