مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٣ "الخليج الفارسي، الساحل المتصالح. سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. قائمة شيوخ الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎٣‎٠‎٨] (٨١٨/٦١٥)

Lionel Haworth first broached the topic of facilities for
aeroplanes on the Trucial Coast and various requests have made
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to the different Shaikhs at different times in this connection,
These requests have been of the 'lost modest nature and hitherto
all that the Royal Air Force have asked for is that they should
be allowed to rent a shop or a godown at one or two places
v/here they could store petrol. They have not so far sought any
facilities for wireless or concessions for land but have merely
asked for a privilege which would be opcorded without question
to any Indian trader on this coast. For three years the Trucial
Shaikhs have refused this exceedingly moderate request and no
steps have been taken to enforce it.
4. I cannot help feeling that it was perhaps a mistake to
adopt towards these petty Shaikhs so suppliant an attitude in
the first instance. Our motives however were of the best, and
there was a prospect that this method might prove successful.
It was the desire, and, I believe, still is the desire, of the
Royal Air Force to obtain the facilities which they require if
possible with the co-operation and friendly assistance of the
Shaikhs concerned and it was believed that, as they became more
famildar with the presence of aeroplanes and began to realise
the advantages which would accrue to them through the air route,
any hesitation they might feel at first about according facili
ties would disappear.
5. Unfortunately these hopes have not been realised, and the
que st ion therefore arises whe the r we shouId pe rsi st in these
methods or adopt a stronger and more definite line. If I felt
there was any likelihood of the method of persuasion being
ultimately, successful, I would certainly advocate its continu
ance. I do not think, however, that there is the least prospect
of this, and if His Majesty's Government desire that the requi
site facilities should be obtained within the next ye^r or two '
then I am convinced that the time has come when a somewhat
different line must be taken up, and the letter from the Shaikh
of Dibai affords a convenient opening for inaugurating it.