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'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports' [49r] (97/416)
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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A 21 aoator Dalcota plane of the Lliddlo Slat +Ar Linoa arrived horo on
the 31st July with a oargo of two tons of fresh fruit train the Lobanoru The
entire quantity of fruit was readily sold on the day of its arrival and it ia
reported that the liiddlo Last -Ir Linos vd.ll run a regular aorvioo and havo
apx-)ointcd baloh Janal and Cotipany (the power behind the fim ia Abdulla Mulla #
Shaikh^ So^retaiy) as their Agent in Kuwait#
on the 20th July on two uontha' leave, ./hile thci'C he has ovirlontly improved
the shining h )ur and all India Radio announced in their Arabic progrOime of the
5th August that he hc'.d an interview with the Lobe.nose President when matters
of joutual economic and Co..Mereial internest vraro discussed.
other neighbouring a.rab countries for the purpose of Lip roving and strengthening
Gamoreial and good neighbourly relations between Kuwr.it and thoao countries#
Iaz<at returned to Kuwait for a few hours on the 12th August (having availed him
self of the chance of a free lift by air) and denied when taxed, that ho had
been indulging in any qua si- dip 1 ana ti c activities#
Mr. P# Hubbard, -*ctin., G-encral oupei-intcndcnt of the Kuwait Oil Company
loft for the United Kingdai by air on the bth .*ugust for a week#
Kingdom and Palistrn v/ere displayed under flood-lighting. Light refrosh.ients
were 301-/01# His Highness sent tele grans of congratulations to Pandit Nehru
and Mr. Jinmh.
12 . Hotoor ol ogioal .
The weather was surprisingly miseasenable; A North-Westerly breeze
blev; almost throughout the period (16 Jul. to 15 Aug.) and the atmosphere
consequently remained dry if dusty.
Mr. Izzat Jafar, Social bee rotary of Ills Highness loft for tho
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
All India Radio broadcast m the uth August that ho will also bo touring
It is believed that the Kuwait Government have engaged Dr.
al-Dhafravi - an Egyptian eye specialist at a salary of ,1140 per month.
Lcr,zest Minimum temperature
Highest Maodmun tempo rat ui\>
Maximum Humidity
Minimum Humidity
53 ?
($5
Nil
13. ohi-]jpin^ : (i J c ~~ ~ 3 T •'" , J "’ ^ 5 ..UG.)
14 Chips in r.ll called at Kuwait during tho period. Of thorn 10 vzuro
British, 3 Aiorican and 1 Italian. Total cargo was -94574 packages of v/hioh
77600 were consingcd to the Kuv.ait Oil Company.
M U b C A T
14# Amcricim Mission.
Dr. V/.E. Thoms, M.D. of the iincrioan Medical Mission ra turtsod to Matra 1
on the 10th J\rly, and left for India on tho 21 at July by the s# s. "Domoia”.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (206 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/2/333
- Title
- 'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:207v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence