"الملف ‎7/2 VI أراضي الهبوط ومراسي الطائرات البرمائية" [و‎‎٢‎٥‎٦] (٦١٨/٥٣٠)

75 £
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6-1E/ 4/ 1942.
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t* •A# ? # demande are for full accoiuaodatlon for
oae squadron and for a Bca-reccue crow.
0» TTO ^rk con be ataj'ted till Consul XBRMAH has
arranged local author*Itieeu ^erslpn Govemiaent
hrve agi^ced In principle, and the Beeident, Poralan
Oulf, haa signalled British Consul KTT MAN to arrange
liaison on the npot# He ha® replied pointing out
various di^ficultice and telegraphic correcpondance
e^tlnuee. nre five "bulldin^e near tlie aerodrome
^hich can "be re-oonditloned ft>r imEi^diate occupation
by a rainforcement control party# and the old K+tmlJU
■^asthouse near the new tomi* S miles ^est, can be used
for sea-rescue creu. It 1c hoped to hire all those,
and ray local enquiry showed no anticipated difficulty.
The remainder of the Caap will have to be In barusti
huts, with stone huts for cool rooms. Water must come
from shallow wells as at mi&Jm. Colonel Westropp
has aacertainecl from A # I # O.C # that there is no good
prospect of an artesian supply.
'♦ . ^ie:o are unc^ubtedly great difficulties in
oi^nnicin wotf& here. The ar< a is extremely poor and
little local labour is available# Kosident, Persian
3ulf t was against laxwrtlnp: 1 bour from outside ^ersia,
but once xWk stcrts it is hoped that labour may be
attracted from B\HDAR ABBAS -nd nel^rhbourlng villages.
Syriant wHl have to be made in Persian notes of small
denominations, *hlch are hard to obtain, and Kesioenii
• C-. eugge&ted that m*ixm to t*i6 f^aJbae coQuitlons pre
vailing it may be founC neceseary to Import *heat # tea
rn^ migar md to make part payment or w^ges in foodstuffs.
If this pr*ovee neceaeery I will have to ask for assistrsice
fro® T* BAHDA: ABBAS» th* nearest big port# Is a
port of entiy for foodstuffs into Persia# and it has been
ousrgested to Consul K mtm that he light be able to arranre
supplies from there#
* o electricity is available near the aerodrome,
r. ^VV. r E.& If) has mggrBtcC he mLiht spare a 16 kv DwC.
290 Volt Sets and tv ?o SVton cooling sets, which will
be used in the main camp. here ore two D.C. Blacks tone
sets 45.8 amps 530/350 Volts In the wireless Station#
which T was told could only run three hours at a stretch
because of overheating. ISie cooling t -nks are old and
leaky and the tdiole Installation badly in need of overtiaul.
Also in the w/T Station are 192 nickel iron alkaline
batteries# N.I.F.K* type P0.B.94. They are out of use for
lack /