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By;- G.3.C.2., A.ir Headqi'artor^>
BritisA Forces in ’IRAQ#
For;- Ai r Officer Oouiiaanaing in ! X*iAQ*
HABBAT r IYA.
Januaryr 1939.
I IT T H Q ? U C TORY*
1 The pcninsnln^ of ,1ubs out from tfte Persian Gulf
coast of just South Fast of BOBBIN. It is approximately
100 miles lonr; from Y«-th to South and 30 miles wide xrom *a$t to
Test at its widest point, which is about half way down_the penin-
su l a r. # The^e it joins \Y\BIa proper it is approximately 4a miles
across.
o -h° •■'hole r-enirmlar Is desert and there are nractically
no re-manent hahltotions in the entericr, bnt at certain periods
0 c t^= ’"-an tt-e-e a^e noTjds in const ;, e"ahle numbers, ""here a”e
R p V eXpl hall rtshint villa res on the coast the chief beinR ")0 1
hair X av lo-'c the hasfcoast ••- the -eninsnlar. There is a
r,' h ‘,' laniinn- E-ro'ind one mile '"orth of hO^A to->m with a r.etrol
stone.
•* hurincr 1933 an Oil Company (petroleum development (p/l'fAH)
T td 'i at rt° i ^ros T ' 0 CLin for oil. Tnoin camp is on the /e ^ t ^ m
iiiehf the Peninsular almost immediately opposite and 80 miles away
from DOHA on tne Eastern side. This camp is approximately two
miles inland from the Ye stern coast and at present the Oil company
are in process of drilling tneir first well. Whether oil will oe
found or not is not yet known.
4 The British Government have promised to protect tne
hh-iilh of oiTAR from unprovoked attack from tne mainland anu n-a e
informed him that this rotection will be given by means ox air-
clift The Shaikh is anxious to co-operate ao he is very concerned
regarding the possibility of invasion from S.UHI ASA3XA.
- Tt is necessary to consider the deie.'-ce oi -vAj-AH lor tue
following reasons
(a) The promise of protection yiven by His Majesty's Government.
fbA The T)ossibilit- r of oil beiny found and the Oil Company
( ' developing, which mijht make of considerable import
ance in connection with empire oil fuel s implies.
(c) The desirability of maintaining the R.A. 1 *. landing ground
at DO T U.
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6# To prepare a plan ^or> the defence of OATPeninsular
against tribal attacks and Sabotage.