Coll 5/68 ‘Air route to India: Air facilities on the Arab Coast; Security of the Air Route; emergency landing arrangements’ [‎7r] (17/113)

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o v » al . i ' oixe whan he received he hoped we would arrange to
aend our own craft. Subsequently it b^aiae clear that the
haikh ©till expected to receive the full total of Ha. 220/-
per mens era even if he did not provide the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. .
3. On the 18th February last I met the Sheikh of Haa
al Khaimah and he raised thie question. I pointed out that
ii we (in we * i included the Airways Corporation) sent our
own dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. he could scarcely expect ua to pay him hire for it.
To thia hie reply was that he was dissatisfied with the
^ wfita h# was making out of the whole arranrement. He then
proceeded v in response to an enquiry 9 to au&jest that he
should build a petrol store on the Chore for which he should
receive the same hire as he now obtains for the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. . He
unj^rtook to build this at hla own expanse and it was explained
to him that if the idea were approved he would have to build
according to fixed specifications. It was also pointed out
to him that there would have to be some means of ferrying the
petrol from the store on the shore to flying boats in the
creek. This he admitted though he did not wish the boat to
be anchored in the fairway of the creek.
4# The oyal Air Force decision to cease payment for
the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. has been confirmed to me by the Air Liaison
(ffleer| though I have asked tfuit it be continued until
some alternative arrangement is made. As shown above
e simple alternative la available! and one which I under*
stand from the Company’s Superintendent at Sharjah and
also from a representative of the Hafi^ian Oil Company whom
I met at Sharjah would b# a cons id ora ble improvement on
the present system. It would of course involve keeping
a oo t with a 600 or 760 gallon tank in it tied up close
to the petrol store! but this would involve little expense t
and otherwise facilities at Has al xhaimah would cost
exactly the amount that they have coat hitherto. There
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