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154.
(i) On the 21st Captain J.E.H. Hudson, Political
Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , accompanied by the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent,
left Sharjah by car for Kalba. They arrived the same day
and paid-a call on Shaikh Humaid bin Abdullah, nephew of
the Regent of Kalba. On the 22nd they k visited Khor
Fakkan, and returning, spent the night at the village of
Aswad. On the 23rd they visited Falaj-al-Ali, arriving
at noon, and called on the Shaikh of .Umm al Qaiwain. They
arrived back in Sharjah the same afternoon 0
(ii) On the 21st Lt,-Colonel A. Co Galloway, C.I.E.,
O.B.E., Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, left by launch for
Dhahran and returned on the 22nd by the Axabian-American
Oil Company's private plane.
(iii) Lt.-Colonel A.C. Galloway, C.I.E. , O.B.E,,
Handed over charge to Captain E.D.H. Ranee on the 25th,
and left Bahrain the same day by air for the United
Kingdom.
(iv) On the 25th Mr. H. Weightman, C.S.I., C.I.S.,
I.C.S., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
passed through Bahrain en route to the United Kingdom. He
was met at the aerodrome by the Hon'ble Lt,,-Colonel W.R.
Hay, C.S.I., C.I.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian
Gulf, Lt.-Colonel A.C. Galloway, and Captain H.D.H. Ranee.
(v) On the 25th Mr. J.A. Croning, I.S.O., M.B.E.,
Under Secretary to the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian
Gulf left by air for India.
(vi) On the 27th Captain J.E.H. Hudson, political
Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , arrived in Bahrain by air from
Dubai and took over the duties of Assistant Political
Agent, Bahrain, in addition to his other duties.
155. CALLS.
(i) On the 16th the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. called on
His Highness at Ghadhabiyeh.
(ii) On the 20th Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa al
Khalifah, C.I.E., called on the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. .
(iii) On the 24th Lt.-Colonel A.C. Galloway paid
a farewell visit to His Highness at Ghadhabiyeh. His
Highness returned this call at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. the following
day.
156. DUBAI - ABU DHABI DISPUTE .
(i) Reference paragraph 144 of Intelligence
Summary No,13.
The party of 20 camel owners nave returned
to Abu Dhabi with their camels. The Shaikh of Dubai sent
an escort with them as far as Buraimi.