in early january, faisal was given a print, ordered by young, of the "summary of historical documents from...1914 to the out-break of revolt of the sherif of mecca in june 1916," dated 29 november 1916. young on 29 november 1920 had written a "foreign office memorandum on possible negotiations with the hedjaz," addressing the intended content of a treaty, interpreting the arabic translation to be referring to the vilayet of damascus. this was the first time an argument was put forward that the correspondence was intended to exclude palestine from the arab area.