"ملف XXXVIII/٥ المجلد I صور: نوفمبر ١٩٢٨ - فبراير ١٩٣١" [و‎‎٢‎٥‎٠] (٦٨٨/٥٠٦)

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praaont situation at fftir dooe not* in my opinion* call
for any auoh drastic measures* On tne political aide the
proposal naa Tarioua disadraiita^co* while on the finr.ncial
side* though financial reaeone were adduced for its support-
it would not seem to aave imch to recoimn«irid it# Mr*
ihoms infoms me that the total possible revenues from the
Sur Customs *. ouid he about / dU«000 per &unusi» of which for
the last h years aoout p 3o f juo has been collected annually*
this toeing at least as anoh as for any previous quinquennial
period- find perhaps more* in order therefore to increase
this ^ 3U»UQ0 to jt dOfUOO it was proposed to raise a force
which would coot tne Indian Government a large sum in l&Khs
of rupees annually* for at least three years, while the
expense of the force thereafter would fall on the husu&t
state and apparently swallow up almost all the extra
revenue thus gamed# If it was possible and safe to send a
small force of Muscat Infantry to bur* tne question vouid
taxe on a soaewnat different complexion#
?* I*aral and Air Action # If military force in the onape
of sending a large body of troops to bur is ruled out* the
question of pressure by naval and air action arises- snouid
need for such pressure occur# with regard to air action#
if we wish to tacxle the banl jju All seriously for any
reason tnen air action would be needed for the obvious
reason tnat this tribe* except for ths few elements in
Aiqa* inhabits the interior out of range of guns# Xf»
however* we wished to put pressure on bur alone then I
tain* that it might be possible to do this by naval action
alone# It may be objected that previous naval action m
November 1926 had no permanent effect, but I venture to
su fo , est that this was because action was confined to the
demolition of a single fort of no particular importance#
To produce the necesnary effect at fcur naval action will
nave to be in the nature of a bloccede and destruction of
dhows (wrier tne Arab valueo far more than ms nouse)*
such as was successfully carried out at Aha»ab#(Xhe political
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