مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٣ "الخليج الفارسي، الساحل المتصالح. سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. قائمة شيوخ الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٩] (٨١٨/٢٥٧)

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The following extract from a letter dated 2nd October,
1935 from the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff is circulated
with reference to Conclusion (2) of Part I of the Minutes
of the 42nd Meeting of the Committee held on the 24th
September, 1935:
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"3 e With regard to the conclusions of Part I of
the meeting, I agree to them subject to the deletion
of the following words in Conclusion (2):- ’’While
no new pronouncement nor the adoption of any new
policy was immediately necessary at the present stage”.
As you may be aware, I told the Chairman before
leaving the meeting that I was not at all happy about
the conclusions as outlined by him and that I must
reserve my position in the matter until I could see
how they came out on paper.
4. I now suggest, therefore, that the words
referred to above should be omitted from Conclusion
(2) and that an additional conclusion should be
drafted to the effect that the departments repres
ented on the Sub-Committee were unable to reach
agreement as to the necessity or otherwise for a
new pronouncement or the adoption of a. new policy in
the Gulf, and that this matter was therefore reserved
for further consideration,
5° I do not think that there can be any doubt in
the minds of the Sub-Committee that the views of the
Foreign Office and of the Air Ministry were in direct
opposition to those of the other departments. If,
therefore, the minutes are amended accordingly, it
would then become necessary to consider the next step.
It seems to me that there are two courses open -
either another meeting should be held, at which the
matter could be further considered, or the Sub
committee should submit a report to the Middle East
Ministerial Sub-Committee, setting out the views of
the various departments on the points at issue and
requesting a ruling."
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