سياسي (خارجي) ٣٤/٣١٩١ "مرور نائب الملك عبر الخليج الفارسي بواسطة الخطوط الجوية الإمبراطورية في طريقه من كراتشي إلى المملكة المتحدة" [و‎‎٨] (٦٦/٢١)

C onfic e ri .
The Resiaency,
B.O.Kc. 567-S of 1934 . Bushire, the 22nd June 1934
M.y dear Metcalfe,
•Please refer to your deni-official letter Bo.
D.2720-&/34, dated the lith June ' ! 9 , 4 v-oirc-n
~ V sj*xi enclosing copies
ci the two addresses which Lord Willingdon on his
way home received from the Shailh of Sharjah.
‘i. With regard to the address of welcome.
Presuitably Lord Willingdon made a suitable acknowledgment
vhen it was hanaed to him by the Shaikh, and I hardly
think that any further reply is Necessary?
3. With regard to the complaint against Government.
I attach a draft reply which I suggest could be sent
tn rough me. there is one Shaikh more than another
on the Arab Coast who has been treated w&ll by Government
it is Sharjah. It is true that - as I have pointed out
’ in my draft reply - he agreed to give a site for
the aerodrome when the other Shaikhs of the Trucial Coast
refused, but for this he was amply rewarded, and the
fact that the Air Port is situated in his territory
has been the making of him and his people. Hot unnaturally
but unfortunately, the added importance which the Port has
given him ( he is really a very minor Shaikh) has
gone to his head.
* 4. One mate matter which may be worrying
^ a the Shaikh is that of his Post Office. This was offeree
✓ yy
him by the Indian Postal Authorities, but the Government
of India on financial grounds - (the sum involved was
aoout Rs. 25/- per mensem) suggested that the oiler
should