He was announced for another film with Buckner, " The Wild Bunch ", which wasn't made; instead he played an Arab chief in " Flame of Araby " ( 1951 ), opposite Maureen O'Hara.
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However, the Sykes Picot plan itself described how France and Great Britain were prepared to recognize and protect an independent Arab state, or confederation of Arab states, under the suzerainty of an Arab chief within the zones marked A and B on the map.
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The secret Sykes Picot Agreement did not call for Arab sovereignty, but the French and British agreement did call for'suzerainty of an Arab chief'and'an international administration, the form of which is to be decided upon after consultation with Russia, and subsequently in consultation with the other allies, "'and the representatives of the sheriff of mecca " '.
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With the above modification and without prejudice to our existing treaties concluded with Arab Chiefs, we accept these limits and boundaries, and in regard to the territories therein in which Great Britain is free to act without detriment to interests of her ally France, I am empowered in the name of the Government of Great Britain to give the following assurance and make the following reply to your letter:
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The secret Sykes Picot Agreement had called for an " Arab State or a Confederation of Arab States . . . under the suzerainty of an Arab chief . " The French and British also proposed an international administration, the form of which was to be decided upon after consultation with Russia, and subsequently in consultation with the other Allies, " and the representatives of the Shereef of Mecca ."
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement did not call for Arab sovereignty, but for the " suzerainty of an Arab chief " and " an international administration, the form of which is to be decided upon after consultation with Russia, and subsequently in consultation with the other allies, and the representatives of the Sherif of Mecca . " Under the terms of that agreement, the Zionist Organization needed to secure an agreement along the lines of the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement with the Sherif of Mecca.
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The Sykes-Picot agreement, where France recognised Arab independence, had been signed after the letter to King Hussein : " It is accordingly understood between the French and British Governments . . . that France and Great Britain are prepared to recognise and uphold an independent Arab State or Confederation of Arab States in the areas A . and B . marked on the annexed map under the suzerainty of an Arab Chief . " Hence France, argued the British, by signing the agreement had for practical purposes recognised the British agreement with King Hussein, thus excluding Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo from the blue zone of direct French administration in the map attached to the agreement showing these cities included in an independent Arab State.
