'14/201 II, TRUCIAL COAST MISCELLANEOUS, B 57' [‎167r] (341/417)

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"tli6 ini o ^iation lc ihg "-p nri .
' u3 " 0 '^ ri G curtain by inducing
ordinary people under his inflnpnno -
imiuence oo spread rumours about
the successes of th^ Go r ^p na _ , ,,
e mans and the defeat of the British
Government. He attends the Mai "Ms of o
' 0 - C- 1 shaikh 3aif bin
Muhammad al I adfa' . cm . , ,
' auhl 01 ^ar.nah (he is leaving for Riyadh
via Bahrain lor a visit v* t •
J - 1 • - m.' bin Saud which is usual
for him to do every year), and there spread the rumours among
ordinary ana ihnocent persons v .ho happen to be present, who,
in uu -' eat w,..at ".hey hear when they go out. Abdullah
bm Fans appears to be convinced that British Government
are goin uo oe deieated. I heard from reliable persons
that he hoici ^een telling tne Sosikh and members of the family
thau the■ will soon get rid of the British Government,
During tli last tiiree days the following sentences were
chalked on few walls in the town "Long live Hitler" and
"Right is with Germany". These have been the subject of
talks and speculation. The peemle are waiting to see what
action would be taken against Sharjah in view of these
activities, /hen the Shaikh called on me today, as usual,
I reminded him of my talk w: th him a few days ago, the
activities of his Secretary and the writing on the walls-
I told him that as a friend of the British Government his
attitude has been very good towards H.I'... ■, and tnat I nad no
doubt that every thing which displeases the British Government
would be displeasing to him. 'That I made thorough en
quiries about the recent rumours and discovered that they
were due to his Secretary whose habit was to create trouble
for the Shaikh always with his neighbours, the Government,
his notables, brothers and even the Shaikh's family. As a
Shaikh, I said, he should not hear his ill-advice or allow
other mischief makers to misguide him. The Shaikh spoke
very nicely about the friendship existing between him and the
r.onr! that ha oraved for the defeat
British Government and ^aia — a ^ - - --- -
^ + hp British Government the fact
of Germany and the success c ohe
which /-