"ملف رقم ٠٤٣٦ اتفاقية طيران الشارقة" [و‎‎٥‎٣] (١١٠/١٠٥)

Confidential i
S.d. .©• 119^04:'6
British ^tenry*
Sharjah*
.Tannary 1950#
Dear ielly#
letter to.C/TC»8 rogarding Sharjah
Civil 4 ir .igreement#
2* X hare r*-ot>e ed negotiations t hut Shuikli
; uhai^.ad bin S* qr has informed me that his brother v*ill
not allow \ iis to accept te^mB leap favourable than thoee
which he demanded in )iin letter of 9th February 1949 to
the j oiiticul offic^tr# Trucial Coast» ’^hich* aa X have
your file at present^ X eet out below for your inforaatiou*
2 Head Guards at ? *60 plus Pr.40 allowartcee s V .100
?>6 Guai de at R?*40 piue 40 * ” u i ,80
Kent of Kest House P> # 1000
4* He said that ti t guards vert- l^cught from the
Butimdi and tnat he was responsible for feeding, clothing
and repairiatin* thew* vhere nece«sary p and that tills proved
expensive* it w&8 f he added, hie misfortune that during
the war. prices had risen t'-nd that he waa therefore the Iceer
over t c former rate of l * £>6 for head guards -net P.35 for
guards. This* iris fortune he was ready to accept, but wished
tc guard against v* recurrence* Kc eaid he was actually
: Q * V.. .n t'iit gtidi *g • -d B ! |g gg :'us
(v ich Ifoible), and considered that the new r .te*b for
which hi h brother whs asking were scone ale. but net acre
than sconciuic* also expreoced the fetir that these guards
would depart him for the oil companies unless he made it
worth their v lit to stay*
l, Tbe jhaikh ie trying tc strike a bard bargain#
of coirse. but I can see soire force in hie argument abcut
t a guar as* oince bir Hupert , s despatch Bo. 14 (biy8/49 oV
1st !4srch 1949 to the ^7ecretary of ( t toJ§ ve have raised the
r -te for Agene\ guards to > *60 plus erothing and ratiortt on
tour. Th Petroleum Dcvelopmnt (Trueial Co st) Li rited.
nov -ay 1 * £-6 per day fo ^ guards, with free food, which must
bring ths actual cost to the Company per to corethi;*^ of
the o dor of R?* 100 per month, or 5 * 20 per .»ntL obove tae
rate for which the bhaikh is aov asking* his first fanta tic
dcrnimds having been reduced to this figure after much hard
bargaining on c>f?on*B pai t last year* I m t e* t that, x
■ii(ht be allowed to go up to a Unit ox i* 100 for head guards
and ^ * 80 for guards &» being, ir fact, below the oil eo« nar.y
rate to which we are authorized to go \\ foreign Office
telcprur Kc * 240 c" Oth H r ty 1949 t© the , olltical evident*
6. I have resisted any attcirnit at claiming m
increased rental for the reet house on t): grounds that the
1937 extent!on tc it enhanced its value* Bo deduction \ ere
made from payments in respect of such ad itiers, ana the
dc and for * 1000 rental there ore ruet relate to t.id original
portion of t e reot house which was built for P *70.229 loaned
b> If*i].G* rental of \ .1000 represents a return of ever
16^ on the capital, which ie we th n generous* I si.culd
f*el ryself to be flrirer ground ir wo^kln^ to restrict this
oily, -squire. 0*B*A*.
xolitical .qpent.