'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎321r] (668/1904)

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take ouch aeacures aa^nay fit to regulate the matter.
with ws considor t® due resard to the int«y»«sst.« mi?*
IM PffHSIAS TKllUITORY Aim THTTRFPOHK IN THE JUDICIAL
mtQt OF THE BiiltlsiK OOHiiULATS BUSttXIIS.
In bringing forward this argument the aertuan Qovern-
iaent renew the atteapt ^hlch. they saade before to bring the
dlaputo away from the Juriediotion of the Uoimmraent of
India and •fee Resident In the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Into the sphere
of the Consulate General at Bushire and His Majeety'e Lega
tion at Tehran, the point is an important one, and it ia
very necsnuary for ua to maintain oxir present attitude in
regard to it.
The actual docuuent was executed at Shargah and the
partial reason for the inclusion of Esa bin Abdul Latif in
the conceseion wa» in order that one of the oonceasionaires
sight reside at his headquarters and so be in touch with
the Sheikh# It is a pure accident that the Saraaiyehs, who
are of Bahrein origin, happen to live at Lingah. They might
equally well be residing at Bahrein or Koweit. Abu Musa
appertains not to Lingah or Persia but to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and to the juriodiction of the Britieh representative at
Bushire in his capacity of political officer accredited by
the Govemrsent of India to the Sheikhe and principalities
of the Arab Coast and Islands of the Gulf.
A® 1 urged in ay note of February 12th 1010, a© long
a© w© deal with the matter as one ©oncerning the Government
of India's Hesidency juriadiction, we are in a tnuch stronger
position to lay down what the Sheikh, who la a lew unto
himself, can do and can be pemltted to do. I nay aention
that in the oane of a current claim on the part of Hasan
Sasaiyeh for oonpenaatlon for lose of gear alleged to have
disappeared from Abu Musa, I wao oarefiil when holding the
enquiry to take all the parties over to Abu Musa and make
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