'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [‎18r] (35/152)

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to ft point just soatn-ust of ' nkzuumi/ftb islftna. fbft Flying
Bout tu«n follo»ea tho const of Lohet .ftlw fioutimrdft,
cjamming on Um mjr fron tke air Donat Haanr, anion abould
providt an aaarganoj harbour ahaltarod from nil winds* After
examining tbs bay at tba southern end of Donat ala* and
sounding from a iaunod, tbs Flying Boat flea aoroas tne
southern end of tbe ^atar peninsula to £hor al 1 uaid, anare
a fine alsost lenu-looked sheet of deep aster ass found*
here protection could be bad from all winds, though it would
be aery hot in tbe hot weather, and plenty of room for taking
off* A channel fit for l&a ones led to tbe eea.
The Flying Boat then flea along the east coast of
i atar to Dohab, where the night was spent in U*it*£ Bideford.
The Senior Naval Officer, -ersian Oulf Division, was there
in U.M.S borehaa, but left in tbe evening*
On tbe following soraing tbe olitical Agent,
aeooapanied by Captain C.AunUa Brown and Group Captain
aul.aent to Imm al ubaib (an boor's fast motor drive
in tbs interior), where tbe Tolitiosl Agent conveyed a message
to ibaikb 'Abdullah bin asim al Than!, vbich was briefly to
tbe effect that tbe eastern boundary of ha'udi Arabia ana a
line ruining south from tbe bay just south of 'akknuaiyah
island to latitude 20° tforih, and that tbe area east of that,
as far as tne line up to euioh protection bad been offered
to him under certain conditions, lay in tbe British sphere*
After an early lunch tbe Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and bis
party returned to Doneh, and tbe oiltical Agent left
immediately by flying Boat for Bahrain*
3a. pm* ia . f.t*
Jieferenoe paragraph So:52(l) of liary Ho:d of 1B34
and paragraph No:17/5(1 ) of Intelligence Ecport No:2 of lB3d*
It ana reported on tbe loth hay that as soon as tbe Percies