المجموعة ٧٣/٣٠ "الأنشطة الألمانية في الخليج (بما في ذلك أنشطة شركة هانزا)" [ظ‎‎٨‎٠] (١٦٩/١٦٠)

Persian Golf with their ports of call as far as
these can be specified. It will be seen that
the German Hansa line is tne only one which
hitherto has been maintaining what can be
described as a fairly regular service. The
Department of Overseas Trade think: that the
Italian service will probably call at Bandar
Shahpur and any other port for which they have
sufficient cargo, and the possibility arises that
they may wish to call at ports on the Arab Coast
of the Gulf. We may, therefore, have to consider
whether it is desirable that any steps should be
taken to restrict the penetration of Italian influence
into the Arab States. There can, of course, be no
objection to Italian vessels landing cargo at
Bahrain, Koweit or Muscat, but it might be considered
necessary to prohibit the crews from landing at
these ports, and some action may also have to be taken
in regard to the Trucial Coast where, as far as is
known, vessels belonging to foreign European States
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have not hitherto made calls. The Trucial Shaikhs
have in the past been generally hostile to the idea
of visits being made by foreign vessels to their
States and reference is invited to the papers at
P.951/26 in the attached bound volume regarding the
Shaikh of Debai l s refusal to allow the landing of
cargo from a German vessel. There are precedents
for excluding foreigners from the Arab Coast, and
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after the war restrictions were imposed on Geiman
nationals visiting any of the Arab States in the
Gulf(please see Mr. Laithwaite 1 s note of 2nd October,
1930,f lagged). These restrictions on German
nationals/