'ملف رقم 9/50 (B 16) حادث دبي' [و‎‎٢‎٨] (٤٩٢/٦٢)

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Prom Foreign to Resident.
No S 3. dated 2 received 3 .1.11.
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Your telegram dated 3©th iJecember, 191®.
Government of India, are not satiafied with the situa-
-tion that has arisen at Debai. From your telegram quoted b
above they gather that the search of houses took place
without the Sheikh being present. If this was the case tha
action of the Commander was likely to provoke reprisals
and was hardly prudent. Some of the conditions imposed
on the Sheikh they consider onerous , such as the fine of
5i,000 rupees, and they consider that they should have been
consulted first,, The idea of installing a British Agent by
bombardment and the employment of a force of 100® men does
not meet with their approval, since it might be come
impossible to remove them without endangering the Agento
Government of India consider that until such cordial relat-
-ions are restored as would justify the location of an
Agent, anjzt occasional visit by the Vice Consul from Lingah
in one of His Majesty's ships would suffice. The object
originally in view was hardly worth the risk and the
situation that has been created on the Trucial Coast may be
fraught with dangerous developments. The situation in any
. case requires careful handling lest other Sheikhs should
combine with Sheikh of Debai and it is very desirable that
the
there should be the least possible delay in/restorAihjon
of amicable relations. Government of India think that, if
it has not already been done , it should be clearly exDlai*
-nad to the Arabs at Debai and elsewhere, that there is no
intention on the part of Government to weaken their indep-
-endence or prevent their own possession of arms, Governmen
-ts sole object is to prevent the export of arms to Persia
in which course they are acting at the request of the