'Future Policy on the Trucial Coast. Correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (1929)' [100r] (1/10)
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INDIA OFFICE
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
.
B. 419.
P. C)796I2$. Future Policy on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
Correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, and
the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(1929).
Introductory Noth.
1. The developments affecting the position of His Majesty’s Government on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
in the period 1908-28 and the question of the general policy of Uis
Majesty’s Government in that area are dealt with in the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Memorandum
on the Trucial Chiefs, reprinted on pages 87-94 of P.G. 13. The position of the
Sheikhdom of El Qatr is dealt with in the Memorandum on pages 95 and 90 of that
paper.
2. Subsequent to the publication of P.G. 13, the question of the future relations
of His Majesty’s Government with the Trucial Chiefs and Qatr came under the
consideration of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial
Defence. The Sub-Committee, after considering memoranda on the subject by the
Colonial Office and the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
(papers Nos. P.G. 22 and P.G. 26j, decided,
„ at their meeting on the 19th November 1928, “to adopt the conclusions set forth
in paper No. P.G. 22, para. G, namely, that ‘our present position on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
is sufficient to protect essential British interests; that we should endeavour to
maintain the independence of the Trucial Chiefs, and should not allow our present
position in regard to them to be weakened in any way ; that we should rely upon
our existing treaty rights to secure this end, and that it is not desirable at present
to incur the further commitments that would be involved in the conclusion of regular
protectorate treaties.’ ”
3. Since the date of this conclusion, the general question of policy has, however,
again been raised in the correspondence reprinted below. Sir Frederick Johnston, on
assuming the charge of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pesidency at the end of 1928, remarked in
the despatch printed as No. I below, that it was for consideration whether a review of
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
policy of His Majesty’s Government with regard to actual conditions
and needs was not called for. He suggested that certain tentative proposals made by
him to this end might be considered, together with the position as a whole, by his
successor, Colonel Barrett, “ who has a unique experience of the Arab littoral.”
Colonel Barrett’s report is printed as No. HI. The views on it of the Government of
India will be found in the Viceroy’s telegram of 22nd October 1929, reprinted as No. IV.
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
, J. G. L.
23rd October 1929.
P. 3840/29. I.
Views of Sir Frederick Johnston.
No. 133 S. of 1929. From the Hon. Sir F. IF. Johnston, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of
India, Simla.
British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
and Consulate-General,
Sir, Bush ire, 23rd April 1929.
I have the honour to refer to your letter No. 58 N., dated 13th June 1928,*
to which you have just called attention in your letter No. F. 58 N./28,* of the
9th April 1929.
2. The suggestions for checking the series of murders in the Shaikh family of
Abu Dhabi emanated from iny predecessor, who apparently found the practical
imposition of any remedy to be impossible without the assumption of a very much
greater amount of internal control than is consistent with His Majesty’s Government’s
policy on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and, I am informed, delayed his reply in the hope that
the deliberations of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence
would result in the policy of a greater degree of interference in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
internal affairs.
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50 10.29
* Not printed.
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The file contains a note written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. introducing enclosed correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. concerning the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. policy of His Majesty's Government.
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- views of Sir Frederick Johnston, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 23 April 1929. Johnston considers a policy of interference in terms of successions and supporting shaikhs, assesses the current setup of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent and the need to post a full-time 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. at Dubai, and recommends reviewing policy with regard to actual conditions and needs.
- paraphrase telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department regarding Johnston's despatch on Trucial Sheikhdoms, and the need to wait for Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett to take over as Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
- recommendations of Colonel Barrett, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 5 September 1929. In includes the following: a discussion of the system of succession by murder; a response to the views expressed in Johnston's correspondence; an assessment both of the post of current Resident Agent and of its present incumbent; the attitude of Arab chiefs; the appointment of a British 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 the policy to be adopted.
- views of the Government of India pertaining to the recommendations of Colonel Barrett, paraphrase telegram from Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department, to Secretary of State for India, 22 October 1929.
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