'File 8/46 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Persian Gulf, Intelligence Reports' [‎30r] (59/70)

- 5 '
r
~ 5 ~
47« (ii) AlTTq^Tiq STSTEII - K.imm.
Tne tiqv autonatio tolophono sy nt 01.1 ia duo to cone into unoration noon,
aorao four years aft or Hosors Oatlo & Wirolosa f'irat put forward
proposals for its installation and tbroo years after their terms had
■been accepted by the Bahrein Government
(iii) OIAEI TO BZtelN. ' ' "
The Persians soon to be cording on particularly intensive propaganda
regarding their claim to Bahrein, A report was current in -ianama
that ^ a Persian De]outy had offered a large re-ward and grants of land in
Persia to anyone including^ of course, Persians in Bahrein) who could
bring forward proofs of the validity of the Persian claim to Bahrein.
The origin of this report ma said to bo a Baghdad broadcast", A few
daps later an Arabic broadcast from Paris stated that the Shah had
settled satisfactorily to Persia, her claim to Bahrein, with His
Majesty’s Government and that the islands were to bo handed over to
Persia,
(iv) MlfiSIN AND PAKSSTBIP,
Local fooling seems to have got rather lukewarm on the Palestine issue
Recognition of the poor showing of the Arab armies their disunity,
and of the results of the early failure to roan the benefits of a
compromise have contributed to this.
( v ) kAKIGTAH CIBIRPHCY. . ' ~ ‘
In it’s ediToriTaT'of the 17th September "DAW again, inter alia,
charges 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. with having issued a "peremptory order
on the banks and. Government offices tf the island not to accept
Pakistan Qurrenoy on an3^ account". "It is quite obvious", says the
newspaper, "that the bias among the top administrative personnel
there is definitely against Pakistan”,
) "■ party of Officers from the Imperial Defence .College passed through
Bahrein on the 19th August and wore entertained by the Air Staff
Liaison Officer after an interesting lecture on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
given by Captain Ludovio E, Porter, R,N 4
4-8. QATAR.
(i) Mr. II,H, Jackson has' now returned from the United Kingdom and is
arranging for the resumption of the Company’s field operations on
the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. this winter,
(ii). Petroleum Concessions Limited have acquired 4 former M.f; Vessels
for use between Qatar and Bahrein,
4-9 1 mcIAL COAST,,
50.
51 .
(i) It is reported that work on the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al Jissi road, from Soh&r to
Ruraimi Oasis,, was started and recently completed and that motor
oars, other than light traffic, can new use it with groat ease.
A laden 15 owt truck recently made the journey without difficulty,
(i). Ismail ol Rassassi, kali of Mn%rah, now on a visit to Grwadur on bohal
of His Highness,, is reported to be making a tour, of the important are;
of Gwadur for the purpose of meeting thoflocal headnien.
Representations are being made to him for the. restoration of the old
Portuguese Rosorvtir (which will ensure a regular water supply for
Gwadur), the construct ion tf a breakwater to stop further encroaohmen
by the sea, the construction of a custom house and a quay for lighter,
BUSHmE,
(i) There has been a revival »f the old rumaur that pushiro is to re-
emerge as.a port of. some aigid-fioanoo. A routine visit of insrpoti
of hip firm’s Bushire branch by Mr, Sunter, Basra manager of the
shipping agents, Gray Mackenzie & Company, coincided with the visit
tenoral Ahmadi, Minister of the Interior,