(1535) H.M. Political Residency, BAHRAIN December, 1966. TRUCIAL Please refer to Martin Buckmaster's letter 1538/66C of 1 December about operating limits for the Bomin concession in Fujairah. 2. The exercise is distinctly complica ted; but there is evidently no particular difficulty offshore, and onshore the criteria set out at the beginning of para 3 seem to me souma (Only Martin en uicidate whether the point make in Michael Weston's letter BT 1081/28 of 16 December makes any difference.) 3. My suggestion for the next step is that Martin should mark the proposed on-shore line on a copy of the Research Department map of the States and send it to Michael Weston to get the off-shore median lines added by the cartographer based on the coastal points set out in para 2. The resulting map of the concession's operative limits can then, if Michael Weston agrees, be reproduced in London and a copy be given by you to both the concessionary and the Ruler 4. It would perhaps be as well to describe the principles being followed on-shore to the Ruler, in case he has any violently conflicting ideas, before initiating the action in para 3 above. 5. I enclose a copy of this letter for Martin Buckmaster and am sending two copies to Michael Weston in Arabian Dept. Sleu Balfour-Paul) D. A. Roberts, Esq., H.M. Political Agent, DUBAI. CONFIDENTIAL
