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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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