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INDIA OFFICE,
WHITEHALL,
S.W.I.
^ ^ August, 1946.
ated 24th June, 1946
(v/ith enclosures)
As you will see from the enclosed copy of a letter which
Harrison wrote at the end of June to the
Ministry of Puol and Power, the Dutch Shell
Company have recently shown an interest in
the ownership of certain small islands in
the Persian G-ulf,
2. In reply to our letter, the Ministry drew our attention to
some previous correspondence, which passed in 1937"^, which we
had overlooked. In case you have not access to your liles, I
enclose copies of Powle's demi-official letters to Peel of 1st
August and 11th October, 1938, which are the relevant papers in
this connection, f*
3, ' Of the islands mentioned in the recent correspondence,
it appears that Abu Dhabi has claims to Halul, while the Shxslich
of Koweit claims Parsi, Arabi and Harqus. You will see that
Powle suggested in his letter of 11th October, 1938 tnat the
Sheikh of Koweit might be encouraged to strengthen bis olaim to
sovereignty over these three islands (among others) some
unobtrusive methods, e,g. by visiting the islands or sending a
representative to erect cairns on them as marks for navigation.
Por some reason, which is not now apparent, no reply sgems to
have been sent to Powle's letter and there is no record here of
any further action having been taken, either in respect of fcno
three islands mentioned above, or the others. (A comprehensive
list was enclosed with Gibson's aooi-official letter to tho
Foreign Office of 10th December, 1937 P. 2,7023/ 37,),
5. ^ |
Hon 1 bio Lieut-Colonel W, R, Hay, C. S, I., G. I, S.,
Political Resident,
[ Persian Gulf, BAHREIN,
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