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Confidential) of 1911.
British Residency and Consulate-General.
BushlreJlt? July 1911,
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Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the Senior Naval Officer's "Report on the
Khor atZora nearAl Ajman'- to Your Excellenoy, dated 3rd July ,9, , „1
which he has been good enough to forward me a copy, y i, or
2. I have received simultaneously a report on the subject from the
Residency Agent at Shargah, and also an allusion to it in a letter from Maskat
whic indicate both, that our proceedings were not altogether unattended bv
the risk of an untoward incident, and that an account of them haJfe reached
Maskat in a form which has given rise to resentful comment there.
3. The tide pole difficulty at Debai last December will be within Your
Excellency s memory.
In the present case I think that if I, or even the Residency Agent at
Shargah, had been consulted before any action at all was taken at Zora or
Ajman, all difficulty would have been obviated: and I beg that Your Excellency
will be pleased to issue general instructions to the Commanders of His Majesty's
Ships on this Station, enjoining on them the present necessity for proceeding
with extreme caution in these matters, and of consulting the Political Officers
concerned, by letter or telegraph, before action, whenever the absolute urgency
of the duty does not preclude that course.
4* ^ would mention that the Shaikh of Ajman has only recently succeeded,
and is the newest and most uncouth of all the Trucial Shaikhs.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed) P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
His Excellency
Rear Admiral Sir EDMOND J. W. SLADE, K.C.I.E., M.V.O.,
C ommander-in-C hief.
His Majesty's Ships and Vessels,
East Indies Squadron,
H. M. S. " Highflyer".
G. C. B. P., Simla.—No. C127 F. D.—7-8* ii.— 44' — H. C.S. L.