"14/172 I المجلد ب. ٦٨. السواحل العربية ومسائل متنوعة" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٠] (٤٢٠/٣٤٨)

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GOUJflDiiHTlAL. Office of the
" Political Resident, Persian Gulf,
L«T• 8 learchus w at sea,
D.O «Ho«0/836» the 17th September 1946.
Please refer to say deral-official letter iio» 718" , S
dated the 7th September 1946•
2. I have not yet heard anything from Tandy about the
islands of farsi, Arabi and Harqus but have made some en
quiries from the officers of the "Searchus"•
3. I find that at the request of the i \nglo-Iranian
Oil Company it is proposed to erect a light beacon on -earsi.
There was previously an ordinary beacon here but it has
fallen down. 1 am asking the Port Director Basra to defer
action until he has heard further from me, as cons ider
the opportunity should be taken of signifying our recognition
of Kuwait's claim to the island by asking the Shaikh in
writing to accord his consent to the erection of the proposed
beacon c.f. the action taken in the case of Tamb vide para
graph 25 of the paper on the "Status of the Is lands of
Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa and Sirri", a copy of which
was forwarded with your letter Ko» JSxt. 4602/46 dated the
27th August 1946. y- ^
4. To be on the safer side it would be as well to
instruct the Political Agent to inform the Shaikh verbally
that we are addressing him because we believe that the island
belongs to him c.f. paragraph 4(b) of Baggallay's letter
So. ill 5759/201/34 of the 7th October 1938 to My lies but that
should any other country produce a better legal claim we
should not be able to support his c.f. Bowie's demi-official
letter Mo. 0/755 dated the Hth October 1938.-
5. as it is undesirable that the installation of the
beacon on the island should be unduly delayed I should be
grateful if you would let me know as soon as possible
whether I may take action on the lines proposed in the last
two preceding paragraphs.
6. Arabi is reputed to be inhabited solely by cormor
ants and Har4U8 to be only a sandbank, and it seems doubtful
whether any developments have taken place since 1938 in
respect of theoe two islands but I pro ose to await Candy s
report before making any sug estion ^regaraing taem.
7. *1 am Bending a copy of thiii letter to weightman
and Tandy.
s .P.Donaldson Jsquire, C .M .Q.,
The India Office,
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