ABSTRACT
Clayton was confident that, when Wilson met Sykes, Wilson would realize that the terms of the agreement with Picot "are a good deal better" than it was thought at the time, and "that King Hussein too will be relieved at finding the arrangement much more favourable than he had feared." A manifesto signed by Feisal, as Commander of the Arab Forces, and King Hussein was thereafter issued to the Arabs in Syria promising to deliver them from Turkish tyranny. Hussein thereupon told Picot that he considered himself responsible for the Syrian people. Before his rebellion against Turkey, he claimed, he had received numerous letters from "leaders from all classes," some of whom also came to see him personally. Hussein declared that he trusted Sykes because, in political matters, the British Commissioner could stand up for the Arabs better than himself, and, having the backing of the British Government, "is able to carry out his promises.".
