"ملف رقم ٠٤٣٦/٥١ اتفاقية طيران الشارقة" [و‎‎٤‎٧] (٢٠٠/٩٣)

Confidential
Copy of despatch No. 63(<V. 1394/15/802) of the
3rd August, 1949, from the Foreign Office, London to
Lr. H.Cr. Jakins, acting Political Resident, Bahrain.
I should he glad if you would refer to the
Political Resident’s despatch No.14(81/8/49) of the
1st 1\ arch on the renewal of the Civil >iir Agreement
with the Shaikh of Sharjah.
2. In paragraph 5 of that despatch he suggested
\ that if a satisfactory arrangement was reached on the
other points, he should he authorised to inform the Shaikh
that he would he permitted to send telegrams free of
charge uu to a limit of 3,0C0 words annually irrespective
of class and distinction.
3. The ! inistry of Civil Aviation have made the
point that the value of the Sharjah agreement to them
is considerably less than that of the Kuwait or Bahrain
agreements, and they should on grounds of economy prefer
the concession to be left as small as possitle. They
suggest therefore, provided you see no objection, that you
should ask first offer the Shaikh 2000 words a year between
Sharjah and Bahrain free of charge.
4. If however, you cannot by offering this
concession induce the Shaikh to sign the agreement,
you may in the final instance increase the offer to
3000 words, and extend the concession to cover not merely
messages between Sharjah and Bahrain, but all messages
irres;ective of destination.
6, No other points, as far as we know, are now
outstanding, and I hope that it may now he possible to
bring negotiations to a successful conclusion.
(SOD). Illegible
for l r. Attlee.