'File 6/6 Proposal to post a Special Service Officer in the Gulf; appointment of Air Liaison Officer' [‎40r] (79/140)

intelligence officers for teclinical information.
road
reports, water t u|j t ;ly, camping groinas, etc.*
Ao aoon as I arrived we v/ere confronted with t e Akhwui
rebellion, out once thiiv u liad wettled down x aBKed
1 . ' - i
Brooke-^opham that In n oiTia l vDiee Secret service
Officers should not go into Auwait except with previous
peminelon, and he agreed, explaining however that their
role wan different to that of ibf ordinary (j£ in india.
which I quite saw. 1 tun however nos t anxious tliat^the
closest liaison sliould tot’ naintained between t m p.oytil
Ur 'orce and the Political, anc. (gladly weicor*.- imy
measures to this end. While tlx re fore 1 have thought it
desirable juf 3 t X) mention ny objectiorss to tae previous
aystera, whicii in my opinion so far from 1 »proving
relations merely made in difficult, jl tee no
objection at all to your service uffixers visit-
ing t.he Political ,q ent fro it t ini to tine, on di< under
standing mentioned in paragraph 2 of your setter, art;
tsucli visits siiOuld prove helpful. I uncerstand from
TUckson that Howes has already asked him to put him up,
and paid a couple of days* visit at l.ht tre of fsbruary.
All this if* to the good.
voluminous intelligence reports: formerly we only sjent
them to the High Commissioner and I understand they v^ere
not always pai^sea on, but x xm liave nos given orders for
a copy to be sjent toyou direct. v f
Unaiiy nay 1 tliat your Secret :>ervice
Officers should be enco.u*aged to write to Political
officers and consult then aixi teek information from u.em,
ana ti.en if there is anything else thty reqiiia*e tht y can
go down ana pay visits. Hickson is a walking
encyclopaedia of tribal Knowledge, oic is 1 Know out
to assist the Hoyal Air U>rce in any way lie can, and in
I iio^e you receive cOi>it o of Hickson's
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