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‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’ [10r] (19/252)
The record is made up of 1 file (124 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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two, (nothing is more helpless than a civil flying boat on
the water), or render their landing difficult or impossible
by anchoring dhows or small boats in the 'fairway.*
Wtait applies to an agitation in time of peace applies
still more to a situation which arise in time of war.
I have already referred (see paragraphs 8(2) and 26(1) of
my Note quotedabove) to the very effective use made by our
enemies in the last War of capable agents at Bushire and
Muscat. I see no reason to suppose that in the next war,
(if it comes), our enemies will not try and employ the same
means, only at Debai and Sharjah, say, instead of at Bushire.
There is always an opposition party to every Shaikh on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and generally an opposition party in every
Sheikhdom which is more or less hostile to us, and it would
not be difficult for agents well supplied with funds, and
operating from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
hinterland, to stij^up the
local malcontents to interfere with the Air Route.
4. In so far as Debai is concerned, it s eems to me per
sonally that from the defence point of view the Airways*
station is particularly vulnerable. The alighting area is
in a lagoon between which and the sea lies the town. The
area is out of sight of the sea, and therefore even if a
sloop were available for defence purposes, which apparently
is not the case (see paragraph 2(2) of my Note), any effect
ive action could be extremely difficult. The creeks at ei
ther Umm al Qaiwain or Has al Khaimah would seem to be pre
ferable from the defence aspect, and if these have not been
definitely ruled out for Imperial Airways* Flying Boats I
suggest that they be reconsidered. Imperial Airways have
not yet committed themselves to Debai, and the persent
temporary
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The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); representatives of RAF Air Headquarters at Habbaniyah in Iraq (including Air Officer Commanding, Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Samuel Tyssen); various representatives of the Government of India and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .
The file includes:
- a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , dated 18 January 1938 enclosing a ‘Note on the Defence of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in the Event of a Major War’, which contains: the Resident’s assessments of the strategic importance of the Gulf; details of communications and the air route in the Gulf; hypothetical war situations (attacks, hostile countries); British interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Muscat (ff 13-36);
- correspondence dated December 1938 to January 1939 relating to a visit to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. of military officials, for the assessment of the region’s defence requirements and proposed defence schemes, including recommendations from a Major Price of the need for a volunteer defence force at Bahrain, and the posting of a permanent adjutant to Bahrain (ff 68-73);
- correspondence dated December 1938 to March 1939 concerning an assessment of maritime trade in the Gulf during wartime, including a copy of a questionnaire issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (ff 81-82), with a reply and completed questionnaire from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (ff 90-94);
- correspondence dated April to July 1939 concerning ‘Appreciations’ of defence schemes for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai], including: extracts from a report issued by the Oversea Defence Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence (ff 112-115); and approval from the Government of India of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. defence schemes, subject to remarks made in an enclosed note from the Chief of the General Staff of India (ff 117-118).
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- 1 file (124 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. There are no file notes included at the end of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 126; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/762
- Title
- ‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
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- front, front-i, 2r:125v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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