"ملف 14/201 II، مسائل متنوعة خاصة بالساحل المتصالح، B 57" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٨] (٤١٧/٢٢٣)

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From,
itica.l Agency & H.B.M' s Consulate,
-Uoca t tne 8 th kay 1939,
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Captain t. HioKinbotham, O.B.E,,
■roiitical Agent & H.ii.M's Consul, Muscat.
To,
The Honourable the Political Hesident
in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
Sir,
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I have the honour to refer to my letter No, G/76
dated the 1st May 1939,
2, At an interview I had with His Highness on the
6th of May he re-opened the question of the conduct of
the ./all of Sohar in regard to the Wadi al Q.aur and the
Sheiich of Has al Khaimah. The Sultan stated that he
received a letter from the Wali of Sohar the 30th of
April informing him that he (the Wali) had been informed
that the Sheikh of Has al Khaimah had taken possession
of the whole of the Wadi, The Wali stated that he
proposed to proceed to the Wadi al Qaur and investigate
the situation / and should the Shei-tch of Has al Khaimah
have entered Muscat limits to taKe such action as the
situation might demand. The Sultan sent a special
messenger by car with orders to the Wali not to go to the
Wadi in person but to send a reliable messenger who would
return and report on the postion. The Sultan further
ordered his Wall to ta^e no action whatsoever but to
forward the messenger's report to him. The Sultan has
now had a further letter from his Wali containing the
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