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'14/201 II, TRUCIAL COAST MISCELLANEOUS, B 57' [‎151r] (309/417)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 5 Aug 1935-28 Apr 1941. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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^chan^ev maxiy tinue isince then, There ie no doubt that
Shaikh uai-d bin Maktun. and Jwna are in an E ppailing Btote of
' le ^ lieTer stirred a foot without being arnied to the
teeth and aooonpaniad by a swarm of cutthroat a, and the
aoment we entered any of their forts or Hougts, the door was
banged, barred and bolted,
10 • «ei ^htiijan was anxicue tiiat we should secure permiseion
to use air bonabing or boabardment if jn internal cos ration
threatened the flyiiig boat anchorage and the Air Eoute• I
m a,os "' : * r ^luctant to use either, especially the air arm, as
I feel that having secured these f&cilitiee without firing
a shot under far more difficult conditions, m should be
making a tremendous laistake in using force now if we can
conceivably avoid it. It would be difficult for the lloynl
Air Force to di stin^uieh friendly i >edouin froza foe, and in
any case, like the other aims, they «ire longin. for a ur.np
and could scarcely be expected not to pake the most of eny
tax'gets we gave them. I i.till have vivid m/oiiCB froi: Sir
Terence Kayes' M.ekran Mission, of our indignation VU ( . i hie
political sagacity time and a>_ain deprived us of tne chance
of ueing our rifles, for v^hich we, hit escort, were bun -ing.
The question I k. i , however, been settled by the refusal of
the secretary of i*tate to give discretion to the Political
Resident evs.i in war-tirae to use either warships or the Hoyal
Air ^orce without egress sanction end arrangement shave been
agreed upon for diverting the Air Route In ease of nec?^sity.
II* After two days in Debai J went on to Abu ;haui« ^e
had some difficulty in locating this low-lying and badly
charted anchorage, but eventually found it after some daisy.
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This file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Karachi, and Muscat. It covers the following topics:

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1 volume (205 folios)
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The contents page lists the the topics covered in alpahabetical order although the entries are grouped into different parts of the volume.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence in use consists of a circled number located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. There is also a former system of foliation comprising of uncircled number.

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