"الإصلاحات في مسقط: الجمارك؛ الموارد المالية، والمفاوضات مع العُـمانيين" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٩] (٥٠٨/٣٢٢)

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y^ttghorly untrustworthy. However I should -et some news by
the end of this week. If favourable I shall try and finish
the affair at ®nce and get the Sultan off to India.
As regards the show generally it is becoming
increasingly clear that we have taken action only just in
Use. Even with our paramount influence and armed supportnl
dont believe the Sultan's government could have survived
unless we were going to take a more active part in it. If we
can get the regiment away and establish the Sultan's real
autherity on the coast it will be all we want to do. Then our
game is to cut every possible source of extra expense. The
country isnt worth more trouble. Peace with Oman and a
jovernaent by the Sultan on the coast which is not a farce
are the only things lihich matter.
As regards Gazdar I was only referring to
correspondence which had taken place between Bill, Haworth
and Baghdad. Haworth had also mentioned the question to me
before ho went asking me to write as he thought Gazdar had
a claim owing to having been kept at Muscat when he was
offered Bushiro.
Life seems pretty miserable all round just now.
There is just a chance that at the best some of us may be
holding an intolerable sort of job in two years time. But it
is far more likely that we will bo lying with our throats
slit or bogging our bread without a pension. For a very
junior person the prospect is not alluring, especially when
one is married.
My wife asks to be remembered very kindly to
Mrs.Trevor.
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