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s. MacLachlan, Esq.
15th November, 1967
this office in London.
Nevertheless I see the force of the argument thatit would be better for an Englishman to be employed,and in many ways it would be better for us to have anArab-speaking executive based on London. Consequently.at the suggestion of Mr. Weston, I am seeing Mr. Midal emissthis week. If, in fact, he is the right man for thejob or if we find someone else who is, then the naturalarrangement would be to send the Englishman out toFujairah and keep Mr. Quraish at this end, with perhapsan occasional interchange. The fee would, of course, behigher than the £5,000 I have suggested perhaps $7,000per annum. Even so, this complete service would probablybe at less cost to the State than if one cepresentativewere appointed.
In any case, I think I am right in saying that itis the view of the Foreign Office that it would be betterto have a man working in Fujairah as part of an organisationhere than as a lone wolf.
I will, of course, send to you in due course a copyof my letter to the Sheikh.
Lex Hornsby
