ملف ٧٢٥١/١٩٢٠ الجزء ٣ "الجزيرة العربية: الوضع والسياسة؛ جدول أعمال اجتماعات اللجنة المشتركة بين الإدارات" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٢] (٢٦٨/١٨١)

( 2 ).
Idrisi stated "tut I assure you that peace and protection
of these places as well as that of roads and religion
and prosperity of inhabitants can he secured with any
degree of surety and permanence only by removal of
Sherif". Idrisi would agree to any arrangement to ensure
sacred cities v/hile retaining sherif at Mecca but fears
such extremely difficult if not impossible. Idrisi
expressed himself perfectly willing to attempt arranging
amicable settlement between Sherif and Bin Baud and asked
what attitude British Government would be tov/ards alliance
between himself and sherif.
Idrisi stated "as future of this country is closely
wound up with, nature of its relations with British
Government, I would not like to do anything which is not
in close union with their wishes". Idrisi therefore asks
for early expression of the wishes of British Government
on the following points before he replies in full to
King Hussein’s letter which he is now acknowledging
briefly and palitely and asking him to send representauives
to discuss preliminaries to an agreement.
"Firstly, will British Government like me to conduct
negotiations for an alliance with sherif of Mecca?
Secondly, if so will British Government arbitrate
between us and stand guarantee to faithful observance of
agreements arrived at by either party? Any agreement with
Sherif of Mecca in which British Government is not going to
take part in I shall not trust or agree to.
Thirdly, will British Government like me to mediate
for