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4. - -SHAlUAli. On 3rd November, Flight Lieutenant
Macdonald with three of 84 Squadron (Vincents) arrived
from Muscat, and at luncj* time Flight Lieutenant Nuttall
also arrived from Shaibah with two aircraft and Mr. Cross,
who is the Airways Manager of the Near iCast Area. The
object of Mr. Cross* visit was to find a suitable landing
place on the Trucial Coast for the 1937 progranije Airways
flying boats. After luncfe Colonel Loch, Mr. Cross, my
navigator - Lieutenant Tod - and myself, were flown over
Ras-Al-Khaimah, Uhm-Al-^awain and uebai to have a look at
the lagoons at these places. We then returned to Sharjah
and the whole party came off to the "Lupin" to discuss
future plans.
5. Next day. at the request of Colonel Loch, I moved
up to ton-Al-Qawaln and the Shaikh came off to call as soon
as we had anchored, the call being returned by Colonel
Loch and Mr. Cross before sunset; the unual salutes were
fired.
6. The Shaikh was quite agreeable to a survey of his
lagoon being made and this was done by Lieutenant Tod, who
was accompanied by Mir. Cross, next day.
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7. - I moved up from Unn^Al-oawain to Ras-Al-Khaimah
early on 6th November and anchored off the entrance to the
lagoon. The interpreter was sent in the explain to the
Shaikh that we were visiting Ras-Al-Khaimah, as we had always
anchored before off the town. He brought back the Shaikh*s v
cousin to call, the Shaikh himself being still away at
Bahrain.
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8. - .*hen the Shaikh*s cousin was asked about the
surveying of the lagoon, he was at first very suspicious
andaai pointed out that the R.A.F. flying boats had used th
lagoon for the past few years. In time, however, he gained
the impression that there was a possibility of money
forthcoming in the future and so gave his consent.
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6. - On Saturday, 16th November, official calls were
exchanged with the Political Agent, the usual salute being
accorded.
7. - On Monday, 18th November, I called on the
Representative of the Sultan, Bayed Shahab. With him were
Bayed Mahmood, Bayed Hamed and Bayed Nadir.
My call was returned by all the above.
They were interested in the ship and the differences in
design, guns, etc., as opposed to the "3JDRSHAM" class.
They seemed disappointed that we had only got power for a
meagre 17 knots.
The usual salute was fired.
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