"ملفات 61/12 و 61/16 (D 80) معاهدة بين بان سعود والحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎٩‎٧] (٤٠٨/٢٠٠)

[Rflg IN COLONIAL QPPIGB COVERING LETTER N O.CP5129/26
DATED 30th March. 1926.
C/P/5129/26.
DOWNING STREET.
26th Maroh,1926.
Sir,
la directed by Mr.Seoretary Amery to refer
to your letter No.E,1513/180/21 of the 9th of March and
-o .rar s .i o to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir
Austen Chamberlain, a copy of the record of the
^ te fof2 pa ^ tmental conferen ce held at this Office on
n? !:' ar< r h to discuss matters arlaiing out of Sir
^ m ^ m^ 011 8 re P ort on his mission to the Sultan
Ox i ejd, ^.he record has been accepted by the
representatives who attended as accurately representing
the conclusions reached at the conference.
2# . 1 am to enquire whether Sir Austen Chamberlain
concurs in the views expressed in paragraph 1 of the
record with regard to departmental responsibility for
the control of future relations with Ibn Sa^ud and also
with regard to the channel of communication to be used.
* f 11 also to suggest that, provided that Sir
Austen Chamberlain sees no objection a message should
now be sent to Ibn Sa'ud in the terms agreed upon by
the conference on the subject (i) of the revision of
Thn qfinH? + rea ^ ^ 0f direct correspondence between
Ibn ^aud and the French authorities in Syria and (3) of
the despatch of a Nejdi delegation to India,
fSnH ttj v ' a add that Colonial Governments
and the High Commissioners of the Mandated Territories
concerned are being asked to communicate direct to His
Majesty s Acting Consul at Jeddah such information as
may be a-vailable concerning the number of persons likely
to make the pilgrimage this year,
I am, etc.,
(Sd, ) J,E. Shuckburgh.
toER SECRETARY OF STATE,
FOREIGN OFFICE.