IOR/R/15/1/587

The volume contains letters, telegrams, reports and memoranda relating to affairs between Najd, Iraq, and Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence is between Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Kuwait, Cyril Barrett, the Political Resident in Bushire, Charles Prior, the Political Agent in Bahrain, Gilbert Clayton, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Ibn Sa'ud, the King of Najd and Hejaz, Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait, Robert Brooke-Popham, Air Officer Commanding in Iraq, the British Agency in Jeddah, the Colonial Office in London, and the Government of India.

The majority of the volume relates to the continuing rebellion against Ibn Sa'ud's rule by the Ikhwan. Issues and events discussed are:

• the encampment of rebels at Subaihiyah and the success of persuading them to leave peacefully by Dickson and the Sheikh of Kuwait;
• the air reconnaissance mission that risked sparking conflict and ruining these efforts;
• the sale of guns and ammunition to Sheikh Ahmed;
• intelligence on tribal movements and activities, especially those considered to be rebels;
• the question of whether to deploy a Special Service Officer in Kuwait;
• the structure and make-up of Ibn Sa'ud's armed forces;
• an outbreak of rebel activity in the Hejaz;
• Barrett's commendations for Dickson and Sheikh Ahmed after their success in getting the rebels to leave Kuwait peacefully, and the responses to them;
• intelligence and opinion on Ibn Sa'ud's thoughts and activities;
• alleged communication and cooperation between certain Ikhwan leaders and the Iraq authorities;
• the planned response to a possible mass influx of rebel refugees into Kuwait.

Notable are the reports by Harold Dickson. They cover a wide range of topics and appear regularly throughout the volume.

At the back of the volume (folios 215-219) are office notes.