مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٣ "الخليج الفارسي، الساحل المتصالح. سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. قائمة شيوخ الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎٢‎٨‎٨] (٨١٨/٥٧٥)

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led fc© from -Jniildi of nfcXoh jl forward a
t rat! Bint loti for tht InforMaUon of thi OoT#rm»ftt of
Imlltk togotlaer wlt^x a tranulatlon of a lottor fro» Uto
n«Bldotto/ A^onoy forwarding It. ?kl» !»• X thiltic,
Ui# first occasion on which any shaiich has formlly
protested against the Tialt of an aeroplane to his
town.
3 . in view of this. I think the tiias has now co»*
when it Is necessary to decide definitely on Uit
policy which we propose to adopt regarding tiie air
route on the Crucial Cosot. It is now throe years
since nir Uonei Haworth first broached the topic of
facilities for aeroplanes on the Crucial Coast and
various requests haw been Hade t© the different
vhaiisha at different tines in thie connection. These
requests Imw been of the isoiit aoceat nature ana
hitixerto all that the Royal Air force have a sled for
is that tiiey should be allowed to rent a shop or a
godown at one or two places where they could store
petrol. They have not so far nought any facilities
for wireless or concessions for land but have Merely
asked for a privilege Shiah would be accorded without
question to any Indian trader on this coast. for
three years the Trucial {JliaiiUia have refused this ex
ceedingly Wdrate rcqwst mm no steps have been taken
to enforce it.
4 . X cannot help feeling that it was perhaps
a Mistake to adopt towards these petty lUmixhn so
suppliant an attitude in the first instance. uur
Motives however were of the best, nnd there was a pros-
peat that this Method Might prove successful. It was
the desire, and, 1 believe, still is the desire, of the
Royal Air force to obtain the facilities which they
n~'a t— v if possible with the c©-operation and frienaly
a
asiiatanco of the Shaikh* concerned end it was believed
that