"I/٨ العلاقات السعودية-العراقية" [و‎‎٩] (٤٠/١٧)

Air *
(&6/M /40^
6th i«ptwib©r f 1940,
wy lord.
Tn ay 614 of ?ept«*fcer ?spd and ppaYioa»
corra®pond#Ac:e I rafdyyHid to tha vi^&i»catSon of vh« F.audi-Tpaql
fpoiitiar. I uow h**V 3 th# honour to trar^^it to Tour :,oi , d»iilp
herewith a copy of a draft agraeamit daffning th# prooadura to
ba followad by tha frontier da^aroatiou coiaaittftion which haa haer
oyaparad for the Iraqi ooveriwmt hy the advisor to the ^inlatry
of the i atari or, Xr. K4a«ouda, together with * uiamoraadua
cxpl&lulng aoao of the ♦rtlclas* The icobI i&poi'«aat ^rtlclaa
are Ho. 3, defining the teak of the Co^laelon, and ?io. 6,
dealing with arbitration*
2 Mr* ' dmonds io putting forward thla draft to tha Iraqi
authorities hut he has explained to ®e that he foro&eeE tr.®! one
or other of the parti os or even both «ay ©how reluctance to
give to the Egyptian 3 reaidant the power to erlltrnto on the
manner in which the frontier line ahall pa&a through tha plccaa
named In rtlcla 1 of the First protocol of Tqair*
S* It had at one ti«« haan thought that thia would he dona
by of diplomatic negotiation haaad on the data furniehad
by tha first triangulatUm hut tha logical raaalt of having
ae&ed for an Egyptian raaidant to fetart the dotv&rc^%-ion thie
autusi^i before auoh negot 1 ationa have t®K.en place i ^ t.iBt t.M.^
worKchould ba loft to Ma. ~hi a point may not however have
bean appreciated by aither party.
4 # It la po®ait>le therefore that demarcation vill ha poet-
poaed until Bgrooaent can be reached by diplomatic action about
tha passage of tha Una through the named places. ;avcral of
thea© pl&oaa oomprlao group© of widely scattered wall® whosa
position in regard to tha frontier is a wetter cf importanea
to both partial.
£. i'hc <?xtromi ties of the line f.re not involved and the
nue&tion of tha divieioc of tha wal la does not appear to oa of
nny psrUculnr lute rest to f?U vajaoty’a Oovamnent but I have
e^plclned the position briefly in o-der that Your taro^hlp
might know th&t a poatpanetaent of the demarcation la possible
even at this late stage.
6. T a© sending capias of this despatch to His Majesty's
righ Co^iaaionar for aleatinv and Trane Jordan at f
to 5la - aic©tv f a ^iniatar at yedda# to tha palitlaal ^aaiAaiit
In tha ersiatt aulf and to tha ©litloal Agent at owait*
I have the honour to be *lth the highest respect.
Ky T^ord.
Y^ur
rdchip*» most obedient.
humble rervant.
) Basil Nezvion.
The *ight honourable
The Yiaoount Halifax.
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ate., etc., ate.