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Jutnada 1354 ((> Aug 1935). Kudosed in Political Resident to India
Office, *29 Aug 1935.
47. The disclosure of (lie existence of direct correspondence between Ibn
Sa‘ud and ‘Abdallah, in defiance of the treaty relations of the latter pi
with Britain, caused the British Minister in Jeddah to protest to the
king.
48. Arbitration for the Settlement of the Territorial Dispute between Muscat and
Abu Dhabi on One Side and Saudi Arabia on the Other, Memorial of the
Government of Saudi Arabia, 3 vols (Cairo, 1955).
49. For a complete account of the conversations, see ibid. See also Arbitration
Concerning Buraimi and the Common Frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi
Arabia, Memorial submitted by the Government of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2 vols (London, 1955); and
J. B. Kelly, Eastern Arabian Frontiers.
50. For an account by Rcndcl of this visit, see George YV. Rcndcl, The
Sword and the Olive (London, 1957).
51. L/P&S/12/3837, PZ7019/37, Political Agent Bahrain to Political Resident,
27 Aug 1937.
52. Ibid., PZ7019/37, memorandum from Residency Agent to Political Agent
Bahrain, 22 Aug 1937. Copy enclosed in Political Agent Bahrain to
Political Resident, 27 Aug 1937.
53. Ibid.
54. Ibid., PZ7019/37, Political Agent Bahrain to Political Resident, 27
Aug 1937.
55. Ibid., PZ473/38, Foreign Office to India Office, 22 Jan 1938.
56. Ibid., PZ6291/38, Officiating Political Resident to India Office, 3 Sep
»938.
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid., PZ6291/38, Officiating Political Resident to India Office, 3 Sep
1938*
59. Ibid., PZ8037/38, Political Resident to India Office, 23 Nov 1938.
60. He was not strictly correct, for Petroleum Concessions geologists had
paid a short visit to Buraimi in May 1937. For an account of Cox’s
visit, sec Cox, in Geographical Journal, lxvi.
61. L/P&S/12/3837, PZ470/39, Assistant Political Agent Bahrain to Offici­
ating Political Resident, 21 Dec 1938. Enclosed in Political Resident
to India Office, 9 Jan 1939.
62. These included the above-mentioned report, plus information supplied
by an unnamed agent sent to the area.
63. Quoted by Fowlc in a letter to Peel (India Office): L/P&S/12/3837,
PZi 191/39, 16 Feb 1939.
64. CAB 23/94, 35(38) 10, 27 July 1938.

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1. L/P&S/12/3836, PZ7112/36, Officiating Political Resident to India Office,
23 Sep 1936.
2. L/P&S/12/3767, PZ8357/37, ‘Bahrain Intelligence Summary’, no. 20
of 1937 («-»5 Nov *937)-