Confidential Political Agency Trucial States Dubai May 15, 1958 As forecast in paragraph 7 of my letter 5121/40/58 of April 19 from Museat I returned to Buraimi on April 28th to tour Abu. Dhabi's rontier claims in the south between the Wadi Safah ana un al Zemul. I then opent two days in and around the oasis collectins evidence and ceploring the attitude of Shaikha Zaia, Abilullah bin Salim, and Mohammed bin Salimin towards a frontier settlement boitore returning to Dubai and going on to the Vadi. Madha, with Shaikh Salchr. the Sultan's representative. A day in the Wadi. Madha showed that all the 'exiles from the Wadt in Thor al Falchan hnd returned to their homes, even Rashidy the son of Sharjah's murdered champion, 2.ving in China. It also proved to Shalich solch that the Waal was an island or Sultanato territory surrounded by Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah and Sharjah, and it revealed to both of us that Nahawa, the Couragim village, was situated in the centre of the wadi on the track which runs between ljuseet controlled Hajar Bent Hamid in the West and luscat controlled Chuna in the East. As I have already reported in the past, I believe that useat has the stronger case (as well as de facto control) to the areas of the wadi which she claims. 2. Having finished with the Wadi ladha I went on alone to Dibba with letters of introduction to the Shihuh Sheikhs in Baiah from Shaikh Salchr, as the letters of introduction which 14 had been arranged should be sent by Saiyed Ahmed bin Ibrahim with Shaikh Salehr had not arrived. The Sheikh of the Bani Shatair section of the shihuh, Bohammed bin Saleh, was in Baiah (Dibba) but the shalich of the Bani Hadiyah, Handan bin Ahmad, was away in the mountains, and Mohammed bin Saleh did not think that he could give me information or allow me to tour with the Shihuh without consulting Ilandan fiest. However, he was very friendly, and told me that he would act on my behalf' before Hamdan and the rest of the shihuh, and would let me know the result if I come bacis next winter. He also said that he had no objection to mix touring his borders with the awaoim of Huon Dibba, and the sharqiyin, which I aid. 3. As I had areed with the Sultan during our last meeting in Muscat, I discussed the question of a frontier settlement with the Rulor of Fujairah who happened to be at Dibba. He said that he and the Sultan weze one, but that he welcomed. the idea of our working to lay down a line so that the tribes men would now their frontier. 1. I mentioned above that I had already discussed the same question with Zaia. As was expected he was very anxious for a settlement and was apparently disappointed that it could not be completed this year. He stressed the point that while he had show me his frontier claims he would be prepared to give way in any areas where I thought concessions were just and necessary, and from his conversation I gathered that he had been thinking of a settlement on the lines of an arbitration by Her lajesty Government. Eaia's attitude seems surpaising in the face of the present situation, as were the frontier left unsettled there seems little doubt that Abu Dhabi's power and the Sultan's wealmness of control in the area could only lead to a further Abu Dhabi expansion. Iis repeated assurance to me that he wishes to lot nothing mar his friendship with the Sultan is also strange when considered in conjunction with Confidential
