Coll 29/77 'Appointment of an RAF Liaison Officer for the Persian Gulf, with headquarters at Bahrain' [‎26r] (51/58)

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Extract from letter No.D.0.1/8/34, dated the 11th July
1929, from Air Commodore C.S.Burnett, C.B.,C.3.E., Chief of
Staff, Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, Baghdad, to the Hon’hie
Lieut. Colonel C.C.J.Barrett, C.S.I.,C.I.E., 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.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
1. The A.O.C. has just left for England to attend a conference
and will probably be away five or six weeks.
2. He has asked me to write to you and get your opinion and
advice with regard to putting an R.A.E.Officer at Bahrain or
some such central place in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . This officer’s
duties would roughly be
(a) To make all local arrangements with regard to petrol and
oil supplies for the flying boats;
(b) To make a coastal reconnaissance survey of the Arabian Coast
such as will be required by the Plying Boat Plight in the
future;
(c) To be a liaison officer with your people and with the
Arab Shaikhs as required to fulfil (a) and (b) above;
(d) To collect tribal and other information of general interest
and for the revision of the Gazetteer of the Persian
l( Gulf and Handbook of Arabia, the latter publication
particularly being inaccurate and out-of-date in many
particulars;
(e) Liaison with the S.N.O. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in all matters of
mutual interest to the S.N.O. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Plight.
He would act under the direct orders of this Headquarters,
any tours which he thought necessary to carry/out must have the
prior sanction of the Resident to whom also he would furnish
copies of vwffaiinra : reports for his information.
3. The above ?/ould be his chief duties and I should be glad t
to get your remarks and what you think of it,unofficially, as
of course the matter will have to be taken up later with the
Air Ministry in order to get the necessary personnel and
financial sanction.