"ملف رقم ٠٢٥٥ الحدود" [و‎‎٣‎٢] (٣٣١/٦٤)

Confidential.
No.C/198-19/1.
British Agency,
Sharjah,
3rd March 1937.
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The Political Agent,
Bahrain.
Memorandum*
In continuation of my telegram No.195 of today’s
date, I beg to inform you th&t as soon as I received your
Express Letter No.0/170-1.a/38 dated the 27th February
1937, I made th white sheet of cloth and took it with me
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to Abu Dhabi on 1st March. As soon as^arrived at Abu
Dhabi, I arranged with the Shaikh for a reliable person
to go to Sufuk(Safq). The Shaikh s^gi that it was ne
necessary that two men shoul^o on good camels, but as all
the Abu Dhabi camels were out grazing,it was not possible
to send the men before third March and that it would take
them at least seven days to reach Sufuk. I then tried to
send the men by launch to Sal* but there were no launches
available except that of Ahmad bin Khalaf which was on th<
beach and she could not be ready to sail before 12 p.m.
on Tuesday night. I asked the Shaikh’s man whether he couf^
reach in time on 4th March and he said that it was
impossible to arrive there before Friday the 5th March.
As he could not possibly reach Safuk before Firday, I
thought that it would be better not to send him but to
keep him ready at Abu Dhabi in case you may like to take
him by aeroplane to show r you the place which he said he
was willing to do* The man, Muhammad bin Hulaibah, is
now at Abu Dhabi and I have arrnged with the Shaikh to
send him to the landing ground as soon as the aeroplane
is sighted as you might go there to take him.
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^ Residency Agent,Sharjah*