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'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports' [‎23r] (45/416)

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The record is made up of 1 file (206 folios). It was created in 6 Aug 1946-Jan 1949. 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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KUWAIT .
20. Pilr,rijm^q to Mecca.
(i) Reference paragraph 130 of Intelligence 1 urnraary No. 16 of 19^6.
ilio first Pilgrim convoy consisting of six vehicles^ 3 lorries^ 2 Nusses
and 1 touring car, loft for Mecca on the 15tli. It carried 60 Plajjies out
of '/horn Zf.6 were Kuvuities. A second convoy , comprising 3 vehicles, loft
ior Mecca on tno 19th. The total of the pilgrimage from Kuwait was there-
foro in tno neighbourhood of 4.00 mostly Kuwaitis of Persian origin.
The few Persians who arrived from Persia could not proceed further as they
need no travel documents. Charges were Rs. 1,000/— per front seat of a lorry
and Rs.800/- for back seat, seat in a saloon car cost Rs.2,000/-.
The above charges are inclusive of "JCoshan" water and tentage.
(ii) During the last tv/o months dindhis have been arrivin' in Kuwait
on 1 10 way to 1'iocca. They have eorno by foot and occasionally by boat from
Ilckran mostly via G-wadur, Muscat, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. a.nd Qatar but some have
followed che gouch Persian Coast. None 01 them have any means of support *
In October they tried to proceed from Kuwait to Mecca by foot but were
twice turned back by Ibn baud’ s frontier guards. ^ batch of 18 sent a
telegram to Ibn baud and not only obtained permission to proceed but had
a lorry sent for them and the customary ’‘Xoshan 1 ’ remitted. There are now
adult Indian destitutes of both sexes with 3 children awaiting
xopatri.-ution and being maintained at the expense of the Government of India*
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DISTRIBUTION.
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(P.R.M.MILLMPIS)
•■/"ing Commander,
Tlr Staff Liaison Officer.
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
1. Senior Intelligence Officer, A.K.Q. ’Iraq.
2. Chief Intelligence Officer, H.Q. R.A.F. MBM/Ig.
3* Staff Officer Intelligence, R.N. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
4* The Non’able 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
II.L.M’s Political ...gent, Bahrain*
:f • " ” , Kuwait.
u ” , Musc£'.t.
3. Senior Intelligence Officer, A.n. Q. ^den. -<
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The file contains the monthly intelligence reports of the Air Staff Liaison Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , based in Bahrain, for the period July 1946 to January 1949. The reports were distributed to several military and political offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, including the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Each report, marked secret, consists of several sections relating to geographic area, as follows: Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (including Saudi Arabia, Persia [Iran], and Qatar), Kuwait, and Muscat. Within each section is summarised intelligence on the following matters:

  • shipping and air traffic;
  • local news and tribal affairs;
  • trade and industry;
  • banking;
  • the supply of electricity, water, and postal and medical services;
  • the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy;
  • the operations of oil companies and other private entities;
  • smuggling and slavery;
  • anti-locust operations;
  • weather and meteorological data.

Many reports also include a list of exchange rates and local prices.

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1 file (206 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 208; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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