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(e) The Secretary of State for the Colonies

should make every effort to effect an Extradition Agreement between the Governments of Iraq and Najd.

(f) Ibn Saud should be informed that it is proposed immediately to consider the reorganisation of the adminis- tration of the desert tribes.

(g) The appointment by Ibn Saud and the

Government of Iraq of accredited representatives on either side of the frontier should be proposed to Ibn Saud.

(h) Sir Gilbert Clayton should himself

return to resume conversations with Ibn Saud, both as an act of courtesy and on account of Sir Gilbert's friendy relations with him.

(1) It might simplify Sir Gilbert Clayton's task if Ibn Saud were to be given a present, preferably a personal gift, from the King. Sir Gilbert Clayton should be asked to submit his sug- gestions in regard to this recommenda- tion.

The Cabinet agreed

(I) To approve the above recommendations

of the Prime Minister's Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence:

(II) That in regard to recommendation (1)

Sir Gilbert Clayton should be authorised to spend up to £500 on a present or presents to Ibn Saud, not from His Majesty, but from the Government.

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