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local situation, and the methods of the man we have to deal
with.
13* The fact that n rogues sometimes fall out' even
in the presence of kings, is also anusing.
14. The point of the above incident is clearly the
following:
Major Holmes came to see me (knowing all along
that the Shaikh had suspended negotiations) in order
to try, by a process of "bluff n ,to find out,whether
the Shaikhs suspension of the negotiations had been
his own idea or had been insp ired or dictated by you
as a result of your visit to London. Much capital
would, of course, have been made, if the second al
ternative had been correct: Clearly he was out to
get some fom of admission out of me to use against
both of us. Needless to say he failed. He lost his
temper as a result of the news which I sprang on him 0 -
that I had received a letter from the Shaikh, dated
4 days previous to his visiting me, confirming that he
had informed Doth parties of the suspension of the
negotiation s.
15. Major Holmes next effort was on 23rd, when he tried
to borrow from me by letter and verbally, the"large scale"
ma p of Kuwait, showing the Neutral Zone and North Bassa
in detail*, which X made last year, a copy of which you
possess. He used all the persuasive powers he possesses to
this end, but naturally did not succeed.
16 . On 24th May, Major Holmes, as already reported in
M inA of date left Kuwait for England via
my telegram No. 108 of date J-ei
Baghdad, Mosul and the Nisibin route
in a last and markedly courteous letter to me,
penned just before be left by car for Basra,
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