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Buraimi until told that it was safe for them to do so, and
their objective during the present season will be to cover
the triangle Abu Dhabi - Buraimi - Ras al Khaimah and they
may proceed as far south as Liwa. They are to be joined in
due course by a Pakistani contingent and the Government of
India have asked us to purchase some trucks for them as their
contribution to the operations. One member of the party, Dr.
Lee Oldfield, has taken his wife to Sharjah. So far as is
known she will be. the first European woman to reside on the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . She .s a trained nurse and is looking forward
to assisting Dr. McCaully.
Muscat.
The Sultan returned to Muscat from his visits to India
and Pakistan on the 16th December. He expressed himself very
appreciative of all the arrangements made for him. I do not
yet know if he discussed any political matters with the Govern
ments of India and Pakistan. He has told the 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.
that he does not intend to visit the United Kingdom during
1950 and it is believed that he intends to leave for Dhofar
in the early spring.
In my last summary I reported that the Imam was said to
be on his periodical deathbed. It is now understood that he
was suffering from jaundice and is well on the way to recovery.
E CONOMIC SUPPLEMENT .
All the banks are now refusing to accept the Pakistani
rupee and its rate in the Bahrain bazaar has failed to rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Pakistani 100 to rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. Indian 125. It is being purchased
at this rate for export to Saudi Arabia. I was informed
during my Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. tour that there is a big drainage of
Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. to Saudi Arabia, parti
cularly of Indian rupee coins which are almost unobtainable
in the Dubai bazaar.
The manager of the branch of the British Bank of Iran
and the Middle East a'; Dubai told me that he was well satis
fied with the business that is being done there. Owing to
restrictions imposed in India and elsewhere nearly all the
local merchants are now conducting their operations through
the bank.
The Eastern Bank have reached a satisfactory agreement
with the Ruler of Qatar and expect to open a branch at Doha
under a European manager on the 15th January. They have not
asked for, nor been given any kind of monopoly.
Two Americans, Rowe and Williamson, who were formerly
employees of the Arabian American Oil Company are now in
America purchasing equipment for a company to exploit the Gulf
fisheries. It is to have its headquarters in Bahrain and is
to be known as the "Persian Gu.l ^ Aosociates" . Mr. Kendall
of Messrs. Charles Kendall & Partners expects to visit Muse t
in February in order to negCoiate with the Sultan for the
establishment of a company to exploit the Muscat fisheries.
Grant of Mackinnon & Mackenzies, whose visit to Bahrain
I have already mentioned, told me that it is the intention of
the British India Steam Navigation Company to withdraw their
"B M boats services, which are not paying, as soon as their
fourth "D” boat is ready, i.e. about June 1950. It is then
proposed that the M D n boats should make two calls a month at
Gwadur, three at Muscat and two at Dubai. As a quid pro quo
for regular calls of "D" boats at Muscat the company hope to
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