"ملفات 61/12 و 61/16 (D 80) معاهدة بين بان سعود والحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٠] (٤٠٨/٢٠٦)

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^rr^igenients for Pilgrimage. It was agreed
that Hie foreign Offioe ahould telegraph to the British
Consul at Jeddah asking him how far he was in a
position to meet Ibn Saud's request for an early estimate
o: the tota^. number of pilgrims likely to perform the
pilgrimage this year and whether he wished X4I.G* to
bake £>,epc go obtain iUrther information to supplement
that already in his possession.
1* ^ . ^^di delegatio n to India . It was decided
-ha~ writing to I"bn Saud it should "be pointed out
that this matter had now been satisfactorily disposed of
in aooordanoe with his wishes.
8 * Senussi. It was agreed that no action should be
>11 taken on no communication made to Ibn Saud with
reference to his intercession on behalf of the Senussi,
pending the return of Sir C.Clayton who had promised to
make enquiries in Cairo.
9 - Harbour at Ras Tannura. As Sir G.Clayton had
proposed to take up the matter with the authorities in
Bombay, it was agreed to await his return before
considering what action was possible on this, and that
in the meantime no communication on the subject should be
made to Ibn Saud.
10. Ptllmlnatlon of Trans -Jordan frontier . It was
agreed that We delimitation on the spoi or the frontier
laid down in the Hadda Agreement should be deferred until
the new treaty with Ibn Saud had been concluded, when it
should be possible to arrange for the delimitation of the
whole of the frontier between Ibn Saud^ territories and
British Mandated territory to be carried out as one
operation. Mr.^pring Rice pointed out, however, that
the Foreign Office were anxious to have the frontier
settled as there had been complaints of frontier
infringements on the part of both the French authorities
in Syria and of Ibn Saud.