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From
Llout-COi. A. •?," revor, Q.s.I., G.I .K.,
deputy roliticai uesiaent, Persian Gulf.
To
LlmrUCcl. A,1.Wilson, C.S.I., C.I.E,, D.S.O.,
Acting Civil Commissioner and
'■•i -t " i oal ^ slaont in tno for-Ian iuif,
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Sir,
I have the honour to invite a reference to t v ie letter
(Ho.476 dated 10 f h Fel-ruary ) from the Political Agent and is
?/ajeat y s Con nl at .13oat. to your address on e^feject of the
absence of H.M.Ghipo from Unvoat, md the tteceedlty of supporting
the authority of His Highneas the Sultan on the Coast.
As you are aware, it has been for many years yast the practice
of Bis Majeaty'9 Government and the Government of India to sup
port the authority of the Sultan on the Ooaet - ho+h at his
c apit al and :-:nttra, and to a If seer decree at other places - as
far as possible and the exigencies of the other duties of .UL!«
Ships <n the Persian Gulf and )ul w of Oman cermit. In fact,
w hen the full nurber of gunboats - vis three - are available for
duty in the cujf ^it 1b usually the practice, unless spacial
d^ity, such as a blockade, ie being performed, to station one of
them at the eastern end of the }ulf or in the Gulf of Oraan, more
or less based on Muscat.
The reason why no shin of war has bean seen at Muscat since
last September is simple; there ^ras not one available, since
that time only one ship, H.M .3. "BritomarfS has been in the
! *ulf (.nd she was required up the river.
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