مجموعة ٦ / ٨ (١) "سلسلة مطبوعة: ١٩٢٩ إلى ١٩٣٨". [و‎‎٤‎١‎٢] (١٠٦٢/٨٢٨)

these aeroplanes are already on the way out to the Persian Gulf and should
reach Darin early in ^December. His Majesty’s Government feel certain that
tliese explanations will dispel any misunderstanding as to their attitude.
• C . areful e^uiries have convinced His Majesty’s Government that Your
Majesty must have been misinformed as to the assistance which the rebels
have obtained from Koweit and Iraq. His Majesty’s Government desire in this
connexion to place Your Majesty on your guard against the acceptance of
reports rrom interested and unreliable sources.
Turning now to.the specific requests contained in Your Majesty’s com-
mumcation, His Majesty s Government, in addition to the restrict instructions
alieady given to their authorities in Koweit and Iraq, of the nature of which
Your Majesty has been informed, have taken the following action. In their
desire to meet Your Majesty’s wishes as far as possible and to show their
readiness to co-operate whole heartedly with Your Majesty in the re-establish
ment of peace and order in Your dominions, (1) they have now issued renew
ed instructions which should ensure that the pledges already given to Your
Majesty shall be fully implemented. (2) Instructions have been given to
secure the removal of all Koweiti tribes and of the refugee Awazim from the
vicinity of the frontier or from any scene of possible conflict. (3) Instruc
tions have been given to concert the necessary military measures for the
ejection of any of the contending forces that may entered Koweiti or Iraqi
territory, and to intercept wherever possible isolated groups of rebels entering
such territery for the purpose of merging with local tribes in the manner which
Your Majesty suggests. With regard to the communication addressed by
lour Majesty’s Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs to the British Agent
at Jeddah, suggesting that the rebels may attempt to escape into Transjorda
nian territory, instructions on similar lines have now been sent to the High
Commissioner for Transjordan which should effectively guard against this
danger.
Your Majesty will see from the foregoing that His Majesty’s Government
have gone to the furthest possible limit in their endeavour to co-operate with
Your Majesty on the lines suggested by You. They regret, however, that
they cannot in any circumstances modify their decision against allowing Your
Majesty’s armed forces to enter Koweiti, Iraqi or Tranjordanian territory.
Apart from the risk of which Your Majesty has already been informed by
the British Agent at Jeddah that such forces might be mistaken for rebels,
the instructions issued to the British local authorities for the ejection of any
of the contending forces that may cross the frontier would inevitably result
in Your forces coming into conflict with those of His Britannic Majesty, a
contingency which His Majesty’s Government and Your Majesty would equally
deplore.
In conclusion, His Majesty’s Government would again point out that the
task of itheir military authorities would be rendered less difficult if Your
Majesty could designate an emissary from Your military forces to keep the local
frontier authorities in Koweit informed of the movements of Your Majesty’s
Hoops and of the rebels.
(9)
{Received on 22nd December 1929, with Political Secretary'’s letter No. 49,
dated the 5th December 1929.)
Telegram from the British Agent, Jeddah, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 135, dated the 30th November 1929.
Please repeat to Baghdad, Bushire and Kow eit your telegrams Nos. 17J of
November 25th (Serial No. 207 in File No. 75-N. 29). Situation on Nejd-
Transjordan frontier and 178 of November 28th (Serial No. 6). Possible
penetration of Nejdian rebels into Transjordan.
1013(c) F&PD.