مجموعة ١٧٠/٣٠ "مسألة ملكية جزيرتي البيّنة." [و‎‎٣‎٩] (٢٥٩/٨٠)

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No.
To
Bahrain,
C/854-1. */29 ,
Dafed xxx:[xtK the
Political Resident,
Bushire.
20th December
19
39
GOVERNMENT OP INDIA.
Department.
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
Confidential
This is an ORIGINAL message sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
expedUtous than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated,
on receipt, the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To save time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.]
Ami
•VD 1
Reference India Office ixpreaa letter No. P.Z. 7289/39
dated the 21st November 1939• The Bainain*
2. Effective occupation and use presumably Involve residence
for 12 months in the year* Neither island has ever bean occupied
for more than brief periods by fishermen, who have occasionally
in the past erected barastls (palm huts) which they have removed
on departure• In recent years, so far es I can discover, no
barastls have been erected*
3* At high spring tides the areas of both islands are con
siderably smaller than the figures given in paragraph 6 of
dmiralty letter No* M*07938/39 dated the 8th November 1939.
r'ain al Kablr, the northern Island, is at high springs not
more than 50 yards in length and a few teet in widthf spray
drives clean ecrossf and local people state that it is quite
definitely impossible to live on it. Bain as Saghir, the
southern island, is roughly 100 yards in length at high spring
tides, and being more protected from the shamal is not totally
covered by spray* As however it has, according to local
opinion, never been more than briefly occupied by fishermen
it /-
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S/44.
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MFP —985 S&P-.(M.1597)—27-11-36 -10.000.