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dispute over the land boundaries of Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat should be
referred to arbitration, but this proposal was rejected by the Saudis. It was
renewed in January 1953.
102. In spite of the standstill agreement Turki continued to intrigue with the
tribes and there were numerous protests by Her Majesty's Government and
counter-protests by the Saudis. In order to safeguard the interest of the Trucial
States it was accordingly decided to bring the strength of the Trucial Oman Levies
up to 500 and during the period of recruitment and training of the additional
personnel to reinforce them with Aden Protectorate Levies, and also to station
some armoured cars in the Trucial Coast. These reinforcements began to arrive
in January 1953. During that month a "party of Bani Ka'ab carrying a Saudi flag
attacked a Levy Post in the Wadi al Qaur. The attack was easily beaten off. In
March a tax-collector called Ibn Mansur arrived at Buraimi with 38 armed men.
In view of these and other breaches by the Saudis of the standstill agreement on
April 2 Her Majesty's Government informed the Saudi Arabian Government that
thev would no longer consider this agreement or the 1951 agreement restricting
the operations of the oil companies and the Trucial Oman Levies (paragraph 95
above) as operative.! 102 ) Additional troops were at once sent to the Buraimi oasis
and a loose blockade of Hamasah was established in order io prevent the
tribesmen having access to Turki. Posts were also established m western Abu
Dhabi territory and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd. were mlormed
that they were free to operate in the disputed area. The position locally remained
unchanged until the end of 1953.
103 In the note of April 2 to the Saudi Arabian Government the offer ot
arbitration was once ?nore^ renewed. The Saudis accepted the pnnci^e
arbitration but while refusing to recall Turki from Hamasah ms.sted™ the
withdrawal of Her ^ a j est y' s . ^° rces Z 1 ^11 f® r ' S uv both sides In September
Government insisted on the , wllhdraw ; a , 7 nr !h ° mutual withdrawal of forces and
the Saudis brought forward a Pr 0 ! 508 ^,/^^ equa i s i Z e by both parties
the location in the Burmmt oa ?f ° f agreement
to maintain law and order At the en . agreement had been reached
' ta WhiCh ""
proceedings should cover.
(c) Persia
104. The Persian Government as PeSsubfecIs when
Trucial States and all nationals of ^ . 75) (101) There is much com i n g and
in Persian territory (c/. chapter 6 P a J . R t nd the Persian Coast and Persian
going and much trade between the i rucial eoaa ignored. The Ruler of
nationality and customs regulations ar . territory for hunting without any
Dubai and his son used regularly to f''^^"952 Xr the breach of diplomatic
formalities being observed and "was only m 193/ aiie.^ ^
relations with Her Majesty s Gov trade on the Persian side is largely
admission by the Persian authori ie , • f , smaller ports without payment of
illicit, goods being smuggled into f d ,7 Sma P
duty and in defiance of import and «port - ^ ^ ^ he ^
105. In 1928 the Persians sent a custo^ ^ P ^ have made ro at tempt
promptly ordered to leave by the • however persistently asserted their claims
to interfere on the mainland. T1 , V a phs 64-69 above).
to Bu Musa and the Tamb l^nds 'par^aph^ ^ ^ ^ seizure ^
106. There have been complain p ian authorities. Such seizures have
Coast dhows and their co ^ ten ^ s -j J terr it or i a l waters and confiscations have been
taken place both inside and outsi , dhows concerned were almost
arbitrarily carried out. On the p . t have usually been made by Her Majesty's
certainly engaged in smuggling. known only on one occasion has redress
representative in Tehran but so j n ]949 when a Trucial Coast dhow
been obtained (chapter P ara § ra P • '^ciais the crew cut the cable and made
was boarded off Henjam by two Persian otncia
( 102 ) EA 1081/363 of 1953.
( 103 ) EA 1081 /1168 of December 24,
( 104 ) Para. 23 at p. 91. P-G-I 3 -. v 77 1959 ( E a 1398/1 of 1950).
h) P.R. to P.O. 59/10/50 of May 27, 195U ^ y 2
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