"١/١ المجلد I العلاقات الكويتية السعودية" [و‎‎٢‎٥] (٦٠٨/٦٠)

Translation of a letter
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From - Hafith Wahba, London.
To - Lt.Col. H.R.P.Dickson, Kuwait.
Dated 10th February 1931.
To my dear Colonel Dickson:
I present to you my compliments and thoughts, and wish
you, Ivlrs.Dickson and the small children all health and happiness.
I wr&te to you in Arabic because it is easy to write this. Winter
is nearly finished here, and I thank God that we had nothing to
complain of from the severity of cold weather. We only were annoyed
by the fog which came near to suffocating us. Truly winter here
is ve y nice, but very annoying when rain falls. I like England
ve y much, as well as the English people, although outwardly they
would appear to be somewhat rough in their manners and do not like
to be acquainted with the strangers. This appears most to those
who did not mix with them. But I like their ways and general
characteristics much. They are great in everything, and I believe
that these very characteristics of jtimm theirs are stronger for
C0od, than the Navy of which they boast. The more I mix with the
people the more I admire them.
2. On the 23rd April I shall deliver a lecture about Arabia
in the Royal Asiatic Society, in which X shall include the dis
positions (or location) of Arabs in general, and some of the Arab
customs ignored by many who know nothing about the Arabs.
3. On the 20th February we shall hold a Reception at Hyde f
Park Hotel to commemorate the Coronation-day of King Abdul Aziz
in the Hijaz. We postponed this party from the 8th January on
account of the death of H.M.the King’s sister.
There have been many efforts to remove the misunderstanding
that has existed between King ibn Saud and the Hon’ble the
Political Resident, in the Persian Gulf, and both Sir Andrew/ and
I have succeeded in removing same. P© also tried to arrange that ^