"ملف XXXVIII/٥ المجلد I صور: نوفمبر ١٩٢٨ - فبراير ١٩٣١" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٦] (٦٨٨/٤٥٨)

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ho. 688-G of the 28th Dooeisber 1929 were lit tin
store likely to eeoure peraaneut results thaa tliose
ahloh iuul already been taken, and 1 fully appreciate
the force of this view. It aould certainly be
preferable to raise an additional force to hold 'Jur
as a penaanent m&eure but the price to be paid is
high and l tm not aware whether the Goverraaent of
India would be willing to incur the expenditure
involved
lie read point at lesue Bee** to ne to be
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tlie fighting qualities of tits Ban! hu til and the
amount of resistance they are in the last resort pre
pared to put up. 1 fully agree with the estimate
submitted by Mag or Murphy of the force required
which has been prepared in consultation with Captain
talker and Captain u 9 Connor, who had himself recently
visited Sur, if the situation is considered from a
purely military point of view and I feel some dlffldenc<
in offering any alternative suggestion because 1 have
no personal knowledge of the Ban! Mu All, but l ana
inclined to doubt whether they would maintain a
recalcitrant attitude if some puisishment was inflicted
upon them and they were shown that it was the determi
nation of the British Gove nine nt to enforce the
authority of the Muscat State on the coast. 1 agree
that action by a warship alone would be entirely
is always given of the intention to bombard, a fort or
tower is knosked down after it has been evacuated, and
no one is any the worse. we have at our disposal
nowadays however another weapon, naoely, ths aeroplane.
It has never been used yet in the ^rwian Gulf except,
of course, in the hinterland of huwoit which is far
removed from Oman, and the moral effect on the tribes
would be considerable. It is quite possible that the
presence