CONFIDENTIAL. No.5121/41/58. H.B.M'S CONSULATE GENERAL, MUSCAT. April 19, 1958. My dear Sir Bernard, 2. Please refer to Walker's letter No.5121/40/58 dated Shaul April 19, and my telegram No.236 dated April 17. In my opinion although it is not possible to achieve any more whilst the Sultan is in the United Kingdom, I feel that it will be a great mistake not to proceed with the further stage envisaged by Walker after the Sultan's return and I hope that Walker can be lent for a further two months to this end when the time comes (about next October). More than ever it is necessary to have him as no one else could pick up where he will have left off. I am not sure whether the Foreign Office may have expected us to get further on this occasion, but frankly we are surprised at having got so far. It is really a very great task, and Walker has certainly not wasted time. 4. Having got so far it would be a great pity not to conclude the task, or at least take it as far as is possible on the Sultan's return. At the worst we shall have maps showing the claims plus as well a founded and fair an opinion as is likely; at the best a fully agreed boundary. Though this last may be too much to hope, I feel that the result will be much nearer the latter than the former. (F.C.L. Chauncy) His Excellency Sir Bernara Burrows, K.C.M.0., Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain.
