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bEd to leave Sbargab. without obtaining hia requirenients, ©s
he considered the shaikh’s demands excessive.
3. I would be grateful if in future your Company would,
in the event of your requiring facilities on the -.rab coast,
or at Gwadur, address in the first instance trie xolitical
Agent concerned, or in the case of the Trucial coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , lays elf.
It is naturally unnecessary forjrae to say that I have no desire
to interfere in the work of your Company, on the contrary, I
am most anxious to facilitate it in any way I can, as are the
officers under me, but in certain cases the facilities your
Company require may raise local issues or complications which
are likely to be dealt with more successfully through iolitical
channels. It is possible, for instance, that if I had been
approached in the first instance in the matter of your petrol
store at Shargah, I might have been able to persuade the
Shaikh to adopt a more reasonable attitude. Having now taken
his stand, however, he will probably be difficult to move.
On the other hand if, on receiving an official intimation from
your Company of your requirements in any area, it is consider
ed more suitable for your Company to enter into direct
negotiations with the Shaikh concerned, you will of course
be informed to that effect.
Yours faithfully,
(Sgd*). T.C.Fowle,
Lt.-Colonel,
iolitical Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .