مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٣ "الخليج الفارسي، الساحل المتصالح. سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. قائمة شيوخ الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎٢‎٨‎٠] (٨١٨/٥٥٩)

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at all tout asked that raply should to# oomsaunleated
to hi* in writing so that h« too could ah w it to his
relatives* Me appears to stand in considerstola awe
of an elderly cousin who 1 understand wields consider; nle
influence in Dltoal and has proved a source of trouble
to the Shaikh in the past* I sent for the cousin but
unfortunately he was ill. on the other hand i is younger
brother f .Shaikh Juma, is an intelligent person as these
people go who has trave led extensively f and he warmly
supported my views to the 3h&ikh. 1 may mention that
the Shaikh of Dltoai has b an most helpful in oonneotion
with the settlement of ai’fairs at Khassab. 1 made
communloations in a similar sense to the other Shaikhs
of this Coast in the course of conversation but, as
instructed toy you, did not refer to the question of the
petrol tank on Yas Island.
6. As stated above however, 1 visited Yas Island
myself. It is^like almost all other Islands in the
iersian Gulf, a barren rook rising out oi the sea
inhabited by a few fisher folks, some 20 or 50 families
who eke out a miserable existence toy fishing for 7 or S
months of the year and in the summer send their families
to the mainland and go pearling themselves, the village
is about 5 miles from the creek and the projected landing
ground, and the Residency Agent informed me that when a
flying boat oaae there some time ago the attitude of the
inhabitants was quite friendly and they brought fish etc.
to sell. My visit to the Island has but confirmed my
previous vlsw that the objections of the Shaikh of Abu
hhatol to the installation of a petrol tank on this Island
are unreasonable and that the measure is not likely to
encounter any opposition. An occasional trifling present