"ملف ٠١٩٠ مذكرات إخبارية من الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٤] (٤٠٨/٢٤٧)

CONFIDENTIAL
Trucial Coast News Report No, 20 for the period
from the 24th October to the 8 th November, 1948.
137. B.O.A.C.
(i) Nil.
(ii) On thb 2nd November three Jet 'planes for
tfe* delivery to the Government of India arrived at Sharjah
and left for India next morning. The Shaikhs of Sharjah
and Ajman went to the aerodrome to see them.
138. SHIPPING.
{ i) On the 24th s.s. Barjora arrived at Sharjah
from Dubai, discharged 1132 packages and left for Bandar
Abbas the same day.
(ii) On the 27th s.s. Bamora arrived at Sharjah,
discharged 7 packages, left for Dubai and, having discharged
105 packages, left for Bahrain the same day.
139. BRITISH INTERESTS.
(i) Reference para:133 (ii) of News Report No.19 of »4S.
On the 25th October Mr. W. Thesiger left Sharjah
for Abu Dhabi by launch and proceeded from there to Burairai.
(ii) On the 28th October Mr. E.J. Read, Camp Superinten
dent, Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast ) Limited, arrived
at Sharjah from Bahrain.
(iii) On the 3rd November Captain R.E.R. Bird and Mr.
S.J. Clarke arrived at Sharjah from Bahrain by air. The former,
accompanied by his assistant Mr. E.F. Henderson, left for Muscat
by launch on the 5th. The latter has taken up his appointment
as assistant to Mr. H.M. Jackson and is staying in the Company's
Sharjah house.
140. MOVEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
(i) On the 28th October Mr. Jasim bin Muhammad,
Residency Agent, Sharjah, left for Bahrain by air on short leave.
Ml. MOVEMENTS OF TRUCIAL SHAIKHS.
(i) Reference para:134 (iii) of News Report No.19 of *48.
0 n the 5th November Shaikh Said bin Maktum, 0,B.E.,
Ruler of Dubai, returned to Dubai from Bahrain by his launch.
On the way he passed through Qatar and visited Shaikh Abdullah
bin Qasim, Ruler of Qatar.
(ii) On the 6 th November Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid, Ruler
of Ajraan, arrived at Sharjah at the invitation of the Shaikh of
Sharjah who gave a lunch party in his honour.
^ Durin g the period under report, Salim bin Hamad
bin Rakkadh, a chief of the Awamir tribe who lives in Saudi
Arabia and owes allegiance to Ibn Saud, visited Sharjah, Dubai 4 i
Ajman and Umm al Qaiwain. This is his first visit to the Trucial
Coast after an absence of nearly five years in Saudi Arabia.