مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٣ "الخليج الفارسي، الساحل المتصالح. سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. قائمة شيوخ الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎٣‎٥‎٨] (٨١٨/٧١٥)

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There i» mucii Xe be eaici tor this vi«», but I Unink
h« v,as wielea into exa^K«y*^ in « the extent of our interference
by a re Ation fx^ew the nesiciency \£ent tiiut u sloop
of Bubsij which was received siiortly before iie wrote his
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letter^
This recorai/ieixlation did not usjount to u deeire to
collect debts by bowbarchKier»t # but was Merely un acXnowledg-
c^nt of that moral influence of hit* Majeety’s Wavy* which is
so useful to us on the Coast* It was not essential for ills
Majesty’s sleep to visit Pubai in this ^rticulf^ instance.
but even if she imd done so, her presence would not necessar
ily have been unwelcome to the T uler. as it would uhow his
people that His Majesty’s Government jucxxjr were behind him
in his attempt to enforce a just claim against a powerful
subject*
One of the reasons for which we Maintain an A^ent
on the Coast is the protection of the interests of our
British aubjroto # «ho are mainly Hindi l-unniaiifc ain :i»oj —
The presence of these British Indians gives us certain
res^onwibilitieo, but it also ^iveo u« correavending ad
vantages # and I do not think it would be to our benefit that
they should pack up and leave* Long experience has taught
the Residency Agent that the raere threat to summon a slopp
is the best method of dealing with continued recalcitrance.
It is a gesture and nothing more* Die fact that our Agent
is himself an Arab makes hiia a much better judge than uny
luropean of the course of the secret intrigues -.hat are
always flowing on the Coast* his nationality has also the
disadvantage that our Agent cannot always keep himself free
from undue interference in these intrigues* hhan Baluuiur
Isa Abdul Latif, . is the third generation of his fata
lly to hold the poet of 1 tnidensy Agent arid the uoiinec T .ion
has continued for over oixtyfive ^eare. in ti»i« long i^riod
certain hereditary friendships am enmities lutve certainly
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been