But it was Sir Reginald Wingate who persuaded McMahon that the Arabs were ready, able and willing for Cairo to support Husayn in an effort to overthrow the Ottomans and establish a pan-Arab state made up of Ottoman Arab lands in the Middle East. Storrs thought the diplomacy was "in every way exaggerated."
It was Sir Reginald Wingate who persuaded McMahon that the Arabs were prepared, capable, and willing to have Cairo support Husayn in an attempt to overthrow the Ottomans and establish a unified Arab state comprising Ottoman-controlled territories in the Middle East. Storrs believed this diplomacy was "overly optimistic."