'File 11/53 Naval Periodical Summary' [‎5r] (9/70)

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(viii)v The Motor y.\ohfc ’'iT’y" was salvaged by A. V.S. ,,r ’alvlola ,, by fclio
20t;h October and "Salviola" was able to proceed fco Basrah iae
where the remaining lifting craft was also taken in tov,r for
passage t Colombo.
(in). Salvage nations on the Persian sloop "Palang" have been
conipleted, nd the vo»ae*l- no longer •bstructs shipi-)5n.g at
Abadan.
(x). + Captain Zelli, Cfficcr Cornuianding the Iranian Navad Porces
of the South, lias shown hirosolf to bo moat energetic and has
made rapid progress in the ro~habilitation of the Iranian
Navy. Early in the year the formation of a "Naval
Regimont" was put in hand and its present strength is 255
Officers and 35$ laon. ^ Pwo of the throe sloops which were
handed back to tho Iranian Covommont by the R. I.N. have been
repaired in the Oil Ooirpcjny 1 s doolc^ard and have main tidal
runs into the Persian tolf. The third is still under repair.
Two R.A.P. seaplane rescue laundies at Basrah have been
purchased 'by tlio Iranian Oovemment and aro to be use#, to
assist Customs Department in the prevention <^f smuggling otc.
It is understood that h/o sloops and one floating dock are
expected shortly from England.
^ Tho third sloop is nevf reported bo have been rejairod.
(i). The fon^r Y^T Station, J.F.F.A. at Mekina has passed into
the Care •. Maintonanoo of the Port Directorate, Basrah.
(ii). Brigadier amilton •^- left Iraq for New Delhi during
«ctobor ou with the exception of ad.litai 3 r personnel
demolishing ex-'AmB’* Viildings, the remnants of Brd-tijsh and.
Indian soldiery left by the 16th October.
(iii). With the consequent unenplojToent in Iraq, there have been
"s man^ r cases of theft, generally carried out by ar^cd parties
in the Basrali area. B.T.I., E.Q., was raided on the 14th
October and included in tho loot were several rifles and
sten guns. The Baluchistan guard were apparently over
powered, but I am told they •wore in possession of their
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(iv). The Government has been dealing with the problem of Basrah* s
unecployed by encouraging them to find work in Kuwait.
The question of their passport formalities is almost ignored
by tho C-ovornmant.
^ (v). The Admiralty Tug "Assiduous" arrived in Basrah on tho 18th
October whore one of two lifting craft w'as taken in tow
fer Colombo.
l6l. K UWAIT.
It is loa led that Mr. Norman Naim is contemplating a
service cf refrigerate lorries and air-o#nditional passenger buses
alen^ the T runs-Arabia! mpo line route. Ho is reported to have stated
that his vehicle will r oh Kuwait from Damascus in 16 hours and that tho
rates will be consideraba.y belovr those that v/ould be charged by the
projected air-servioos.