"ملف رقم ٠٢١٦ النزاع حول خور غناضة" [و‎‎٨‎٢] (١٧٦/١٦٣)

CONFIDENTIAL.
Copy of derni. off icial letter No. 1040-3, dated the 30th
May, 1947, from the political Resident, Persian Gulf, to
E.P. Donaldson, Esq., C.M.G., India Office, London.
Please refer to India Office endorsement no. Ext.
1060/47, dated the 14th May, 19*17.
3. I enclose a copy of a letter received by the
political Agent, Bahrain, from the Manager, petroleum
Development (Trucial Coast), limited, from which it will
be seen that it is desirable to take immediate steps for
the definition of the boundary between Abu Dhabi md Dubai.
There will be some difficulty about this owing ^o che
shortage of officers as nearly all the officers serving in
uhe Gulf have to get home this hot weather for interviews
and leave. However, T hope it may be possible to send
Jackson back to the Trucial Coast for a few *eeks some time
before the hot weather ends to settle the matter if possible.
3. I enclose an extract from a letter from pelly on the
subject of boundai/T)es on the Trucial Coast. I fully agree
with him that the time has come when we ought to have a
Political Agent on the Trucial Coast and that the political
Agent, Bahrain, cannot properly discharge his present res
ponsibilities there especially when for several months in
the year there is no British political officer on the Frucial
Coast and he has to rely on the Arab Residency Agent. I hope
to discuss this matter with you when I come home.
4 . I also thinx before very long we shall have to estab
lish some kind of Government force similar to the Aden
protectorate Levies on the Trucial Coast. UP to the present
control from the sea through His Majesty's sloops in the Gulf
has been adequate but with oil development in the offing we
must have some force available on land to keep the peace
between the petty local Shaikhs who are constantly warring
not only with each other but with their own relatives and the
more or less independent tribes of the interior.