ملف ٦٤٩٩/ ١٩٢٠ الجزء ١ "شؤون الكويت: النزاع الحدودي بين الكويت ونجد؛ عدم شعبية الشيخ محلّيًا" [و‎‎١‎٦] (٢٩٤/٢٥)

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B h r a i n
9 th ^ o vembe r 19 2 0
My dear Sir Percy Cojc,
I write you a short line to tell you that I have sent off
your message to Bin Baud inviting him to come as soon as possible
to Basrah* I asked him to give me a week T s notice as to the day
when we may e^ect him in Ojair to enable me to have the warship
ready to take him on his i ourney. With my official invitation
JL
I enclose^ a private letter or ’’Mulhaq” in which I gave him the
straight tip not in any way to try and back out* I hinted that
now was the time to show his statesmanship, and that after his
settling the Kuwait dispute, we could get on with the question
of his increased subsidy and his future title* I as good as told
him that you yourself would preside at the settlement proeedings*
I shall I hope be able to give him something definite in this
respect as soon as I get an answer to my wire to you in which
I asked if I could promise that you personally would preside*
Your assurance in this respect I can send on in the shape of an
after memo*
I am afraid a great deal is made in Koweit of the Akhwan
and their ferocious methods* Por your information I might
mention that we have had several thousands of them in Bahrain
this year, both for the pearl season and for purchasing rice*
Qalat also is full of them, they come ano go in regular manner
to Dohah. One has not had a single complaint against them yet*
I myself have settled several cases for them in my court, and
have found them good straight fellows. They take pride in the
fact that they are under British Protection here. Both Siddik
Hassan and Parhan tell me that an Englishman would be entirely
safe among them alone anywhere throughout Hejd* Bin Baud has