"ملف رقم ٠٢١٦ النزاع حول خور غناضة" [و‎‎٨‎٣] (١٧٦/١٦٥)

CON FIDENTIAL
Copy of demi-official letter No.942-S dated the 16th May,
1947, from the Hon»ble Lt-Col, Sir Rupert Hay, K.C.I.E.,
C.S.I., political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to c.J. Pelly,
Esq,, O.B.E., I.C.S., Political Agent, Bahrain.
Please refer to your memorandum No. C/557, and
your demi-official letter No. c/558, dated the 8th May,
1947.
2. I have consulted Jackson particularly regarding
the procedure to be followed and his suggestion is that
the Shaikhs concerned should be asked to agree in advance
to the appointment of a Government officer as arbitrator
and to accept the Residents award as final and binding
on them. The arbitrator should then consider the claims
made by both parties and the evidence produced in support
of them and make recommendations. Jackson thinks the
Shaikhs would agree to this procedure and would accept any
reasonable award. Jackson's suggestions appear to me at
first sight sound and I should be glad to know whether you
agree with them.
3. I am not clear why it is necessary to decide the
Dubai-Sharjah as well as the Dubai-Abu Dhabi boundary
and should much prefer to leave the former alond^for the
present. A point which may cause a certain amount of
difficulty is the fixation of a western terminal for the
Dubai-Abu Dhabi boundary.
4. I sympathise with your request for a political Officer,
Trucial Coast, especially if Jackson's suggestions regarding
procedure are adopted. I propose to discuss the question in
Delhi but am not very optimistic. I expect Pettigrew back
here by the 15th June and it might be possible to send Jackson
back to the Trucial Coast for a few weeks then.