§ 53. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Prime Minister whether in informing the Emir Feisul that the Allied Powers cannot at present recognise the validity of the recent proceedings in Syria, whereby the sovereign independence of Syria has been proclaimed, they have reassured him and the Arabs that the Allied Powers will adhere to the pledges given by the British authorities to King Hussein when the Arabs came into the War with us against the Turks, and also to the joint Anglo-French declaration of November, 1918; and whether he will issue a White Paper setting out the various undertakings and promises given during the War by the British Government to the Arabs?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Emir Feisul was informed that the question of Syria would shortly be examined by the Peace Conference with a view to arriving at a settlement in accord with the declarations that have been exchanged between the British, French and Arab Governments It would not be desirable at the present moment to lay correspondence on the matter.