ملف ٤٢/ ١٩٣١ "ادعاءات الإغارة في مناطق نجد-شرق الأردن" [و‎‎٣‎٩‎٤] (٩٣٠/٧٩٢)

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Governments to present their cases and defend the claims upon
them. Hi® Highness, however, pointed out at the time that tte
eucces* of such a method depended entPrely on the persons
selected to he the spokesmen. It pas essential that they
should he men of standing and acceptable not only, a® stated
"by King Ibn Saaud, to their own Hide, hut equally to the
other side. This condition was unfortunately not realised
in the nersons selected by the Kejasi-Bejd Ga^ernment.
Maan had been suggested to mm by the Tran®Jordan
Government as my headquarters* hut would have been quite
unsuitable being inaccessible, and lacking in accommodation
and facility of communications. King Ibn Saoud had flatly
refused to allow me to enter hi» territories although X had
not. while at Jeddah, been able to form any opinion as to the
place or places from which it would be most convenient to
conduct ay enquiry.
I was consequently obliged, if any investigation at all
was to be made, to select s nlace in Transjordan and chose
unman as affording the best accommodation for all concerned
in the proceedings and providing reasonable means of
communication with the H.JM, fren.jcrdan and British
Governments. I ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية * thus from the start cirou-osoribed in my
movements and deprived of certain purees of information by
the action of the Hejas ttever«.nt. nor were the doubt. 1
at that time formed of the possibility of arriving at real
b¥ the subeecuent course oi
result® in any way dimini ^ea oy
eve nt s.
\tter a delay of about si* weeks from the date on
„bioh 1 summoned them, the Heja. representatives appeared,
some ten days were snent with the He$ ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية kger.t lining