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(ii)Mr. B=R« Lermitte of Messrs^ Petroleum Concessions,
Limited, left for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on the 30th April to wind
up the Company's operations for the cold weather 1945-46*
"’ 8o Persian claims co battrain .
The Persian claim to Bahrain was renewed and
reported in the Arabic press. Articles appeared in the
"Al Mo ha o tarn", H A1 Misri", and "A1 Ahram" „ They took a new
curn this^time in that the Persian Government has decided to
tax ^Bahrain oil so as to make its cost to the public the same
as that of oil produced in Khuzistan. one paper - "Al Mohattam"
,/as inclined co cake up the cudgels against the Persians when
it said;; "what Persia loses in the North she is trying to
recover in the South".
79. L UBA I-ABM DRAB I DISPUTIh
Reference paragraph 53 of Intelligence Summary Mo 0 6.
Ry the end of the period under report it looked as
though a deadlock had been reached for the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
refused to^accept the return of the camels, and the Shaikhs of
Ras al Mhaimah and Sharjah who had agreed to act as negotia
tors in a settlement hadpade no headway.
80 ’ r QRb at wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al gam r.
Muhammad bin Masir, Shaikh of Bu Baqara (Muscat),
recently arrived at Ajman and is staying with the Shaikh of
Fujairah. He^brought with him RSo6,900 which the Sultan of
Muscat, is paying^ to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah for building
a j.ore at ndi ai_ Gaur„ we has also been asked to settle
with the Shaikh of Ras al Mhaimah the question of monthly
payments to the garrison of the fort. The Shaikh of Ras al
halms a has demanded a sum of Rs.260/- per mensem, whereas
^ne Muscat Government have so far only agreed to pay Rs.125/-
per mensem. Negotiations are still in progress.
81 ° B LNT QIIAB - JURA PI 3 PIT IF .
Two camels belonging to the Beni Qitab were recently
iired on by men of the Shaikh of Rira (Sharjah), one camel
oeing killed and the other injured. Some time back the Beni
jicab supported certain members of the Tunaij tribe in their
occupation of a tower at Dhaid which the latter claimed against
L-ne Regent of Malba, who was in de facto possession, and the
snooting ox their camels is thought to be a reprisal, though
why is not clear. ~
After attempts at reconciliation by the Shaikh of
oharjah^and shaikh juma bin Maktum had failed the Shaikh of
Has al Mhaimah was asked to mediate and there are hones that
ne will be able to bring about a settlement.
82. ERXXXXH BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION .
^ 8 ) R n bile 25th Mr. p 0 ,? ard, B.OcAcGc Suction Manager
at Sharjah, left for Karachi on transfei Hr. W 0 G.N* Wakefield,.
ne Traffic Officer, is officiating pending the arrival of a
new Station Manager.
(ai) On the night of the 28th one of the Shaikh of
Snarjail's guards employed by the British Overseas Airways
/Corporation..