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had concluded that its previous information on the frontierareas had been neither complete nor correct; and that itsposition had consequently been unsound, as having ignoredterritorial considerations and the dirahs of the tribes. Itwas therefore now agreeable to proceeding on the samebasis as Saudi Arabia, although it was unable to accept theparticular delimitation proposed in Fuad's Line. (FuadHamzah's minute of this meeting, Annex 17). On thefollowing day, Sir Andrew Ryan presented the new Britishproposal based on his Government's reconsideration of theproblem; and at an audience with the King later in theday, he again stressed the revised character of his Government's views. (Fuad Hamzah's minutes of the meetingsof 25 November, Annex 18).
38. The British proposal of 25 November 1935 (oftenreferred to as "Ryan's Line" or the "Riyadh Line") didindeed represent a radical departure from the Blue andGreen Lines to which they had previously held so tenaciously.Its text ran as follows:
1. A straight line starting from a point on the coast ofDauhat Salwa four miles to the northeast of a point lyingfour miles from Qasr al-Salwa [sic] and running due southeastfor a distance of ten miles (the terminus of this line is indicated as key point A).2. A line running from key point A to a point (key point B)midway between Haluwain [Hulaiwin] and Nakhlah, tobe drawn as straight as possible so as to leave to Abu Dhabithe following places, namely, Nakhlah, 'Uqlat al-Manasir,Farhud, al-Rimth, al-Khufus, and the route from al-Dauhahto Abu Dhabi, which passes west of Sabkhat 'Amrah['Amirah], and so as to leave to the Kingdom of SaudiArabia Haluwain, Baldirish [Bal-'Akrish], and Raghwan.
3. A straight line from key point B to the intersection ofLongitude 52° E. and Latitude 23° N. (key point C).
