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'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports' [54r] (107/416)
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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16* LGC..L IC>/S.«
Ills. lii-hnuse and party roachod ICaiaohi on the 30 th .ja^ust and v;oro
provided \dth aoccs-iaodation, transport, and escorts, "by the PakUtan dove mount*
It is understood that the party will proceed by sea frou there to Baabay wlicre
they have been cordially invited by Kuwaiti nerchants who nomally reside there*
The Kuwait Fish Bupply Gca.ipany v.hich was founded a year and a half a
ago for the procurement and distribution of fish has L( onc into voluntary li^juidp
ation. This octipany vjas floated with a capital of Ks* 60,000/- and the unfortumte
shr.ro holders are boinc i>aid Ks. 30/3 for each shr.ro of Hs.100/-*
The assets of the coaopany have however boon secured by two ontorpri-
sin^j brothers idio are operating then tha:u>alvos and showing a profit* There ia
a <xui> of fishexnon at Has az 2or whose daily catch they carried by ferry to *W
Kmvait overnight* The fishemcm retain 2/3rds of the gross receipts and the
brothers j rd$
ahojq-ci.l-.*dna Broadcasting station x^ut out the news that Ibn Saud
w.s soriously ill. .fodul .vzis Nafisi - baud! ..gent here - sent a telegram
aquiring about his Uajesty’s health and a reply was received on the 10th
oQ.y^jv-? that the Icing was in rood health r.nd would rcnairi in his oat^p at IJr.fuf
for another month* It is also rumoured that four Egyptian doctors w r oro flo'./n
frcci Cairo to Hafuf to attend on him during Itis stay there.
It is learnt that Mr* Noman Naim is contewplaUng s. service of
rogr!'-orated lorries and air-oonditional pa.ssenger buses alone ^ tvon» •
X^rabian pipe line route. He is reported to have stated^ tha.t his vehiolos
roach Kuwait from Damascus in 16 hours and that rates will be considerably below
those that would bq charged by the x^ 0 ^ 00 ^ air-sorviocs.
17. mim
1 Gold Sovereign. • • Hs, 64-0-0
1 Irc.q Din^-r. *Ns. 13-6-0
100 E.T. Dollars. He. 230-0-0
100 Saudi Hials. Hs* 9G-0-Q
10. Hdp H.I/>GiaX .
1 i ships, 2 ^•cvucr.v. and A U -^st 0
Highest I/^xirw Toiapero.turo* *113 Q
Lowest Minimum Temperature.......... 79
Maximum Ilui-iciity, 5^9
Minimum Humidity. 10/a
Rainfall. N I L * * ♦»
19. StffEPING; (Period:- 1st to ^Sept.l
11 Ships> 2 /merican and the rest-British, called at Kuwait^ during
the period under review, with a total cargo of 29,555 packages] of this 22,693
wore consigned to the Kuwait Oil Company.
M U S C 4 T :
20* V^SIT OF H.M 1 s SHIPS .
H*M*Sf ^/ildgoose" arrived at Muscat on the morning of the 1st freu
the Gulf on an unofficial routine visit, and left for Colombo on the 3rd*
21 . visit wp mx of iar,/;jT .
The Baaaar, which from the beginning has attached political sicnifi-
canoe to the Sheikh’ s tour, now has it that the tour was inspired with a view o
organising c-n Gonforenco in the Gulf.
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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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- 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