مجموعة ٥/١١ "المسار الجوي إلى الهند: طريق الساحل العربي - مهبط الطوارئ في قطر" [و‎‎١‎٢‎١] (٣٤٥/٢٤١)

Amir of Haaa my inoito them against him and this gradual
expansion of our aorial intorosts has undoubtedly aroused
increasing alarm*
6. A visit from you mould,I fear,produce no useful result,
for ar^r discussion would inevitably disclose more fully how
limited the help we axe offering i8,and there is no hope what
ever that he will agree to^in its limited form. In fact I had
realised that my errand would be fruitless the moment I read
the letters. It remains to oonsider what is to be done. I
outlined the possibilities in my telegram of the 17th August
and have little to add to it.
7. If Riyan,(b miles west from Dohah) ,\&ioh is the only
possible aerodrome for miles around,is essential,it will hare
to be narked without the dhaikh^ cooperation,a proceeding which
will be both arduous and difficult in this weather. It appears,
I however,that Im erial Airways obvious route is down the
western shore of the alar . eninsula and that they will pro
bably cross it somewhere near the ilior Ode id. Phe chart is a
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far better guide than the map to the actual coastline,and should
be studied in preference to it. The western side of the j enin-
sula is far more level than the eastern side and moreover this
route will give them the shortest sea crossing.
8. Too much weight should not be attached to security.
Thaikh Abdulla has little control over his tribes in any part
of the peninsula,but so far as I have soon thoir numbers are
tfftaii and they are of a peaceful disposition and most unlixely
to attack a giant aeroplane. It should be remembered that both
Zubara and Dohat Faiahakh arc only some four-and-a-half hours
by air from 3aara and a flying boat would probably reach them
very much sooner than any assistance the fihaikh could give.
Be lag near the sea, spare parts and supplies could much more
easily be sent from Bahrain.
9. If the liyan aerodrome also is r<K uired it could be