"ملفات 61/12 و 61/16 (D 80) معاهدة بين بان سعود والحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٥] (٤٠٨/٣٩٨)

Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Sir G. Clayton to His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd and its
Dependencies.
Your Majesty, , . , r s
I HAVE the honour to remind your Majesty that, m the course of our negotia
tions, which have happily resulted in the conclusion of a treaty of friendship and gooc
understanding between His Britannic Majesty and your Majesty, the question ot the
frontier between the Hejaz and Transjordan was discussed, and I explained to your
Majesty the position, as defined in a draft protocol submitted by me to you, which
His Majesty's Government have taken up on this question and to which they must
adhere^ Government re g ar d the above-mentioned frontier as being defined
as follows;—
" The frontier between the Hejaz and Transjordan starts from the inter
section of meridian 38° E. and parallel 29° 35' N. which marks the termination of
the frontier between Nejd and Transjordan, and proceeds in a straight line to
a point on the Hejaz Railway 2 miles south of Mudawwara. From this point it
proceeds in a straight line to a point on the Gulf of Aqaba 2 miles south oi the
town of Aqaba."
Respects.
GILBERT CLAYTON,
His Britannic Majesty's
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
Jeddah, May 19, 1927 {ISth Zul Qada, 1345).
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Ahdul-Aziz ihn Ahdul-Rahman al Faisal al Saud to His Britannic Majesty s
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
^ IN reply to your letter dated the 18th Zul Qa'da, 1345, on the subject of
the Hejaz-Transjordan frontier, we note that His Majesty's Government adhere to
their position, but we find it impossible, in the present circumstances, to effect a tina
settlement of this question. Nevertheless, in view of our true desire to maintain
cordial relations based on solid ties of friendship, we desire to express to your
Excellency our willingness to maintain the status quo m the Maan-Aqaba district, and
we promise not to interfere in its administration until favourable circumstances w il
permit a final settlement of this question.
(Sealed) ABDUL-AZIZ IBN ABDUL-RAHMAN AL SAUD.
19th Zul Qada, 1345 {May 21, 1927).
Enclosure 4 in No. 1.
Sir 0. Clayton to His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Nejd and its Dependencies.
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YOUr i^ aJ C o 8 ntinuation of our conversations relating to the question of the slave *
have the honour to inform your Majesty that His Britannic Majesty s Government
ft their duty to abstain at present from renouncing the right of manumitting slaves,
which has long been practised by His Majesty's consular officers, and which enables
them to liberate any slave who presents himself of his own free choice with a request
for liberation and repatriation to his country of origin. ^ +
I wish to assure your Majesty that His Britannic Majesty's Government s insistence
on this right is not intended to mean any interference in the affairs of your Governmen
or any infringement of your Majesty's sovereignty ; but that it is due to lis Britannic
Majesty's Government's resolve to carry out a duty which they owe to humanity,
would add that His Britannic Majesty's Government will be prepared to consider the