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Confidential*
No.C/484*
Political Agency,
Bahrain, the 15th April 1942.
To
The Chief Local Representative,
Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited,
BAHRAIN.
Subject:- Radio communication -
Bahrain and Arabia.
Dear Sir,
I appreciate your Company^ anxiety to understand
fnHy the significance of the stipulations subject to vvhich
permission has been given for the institution of direct
radio—telephonic communication betwden Baurain and A-'hahrsn,
and I will answer your questions to such extent as I am able.
(1) ^he concession now granted in respect of direct
radio telephonic communication between Bahrain and
Dhahran does not include the use of W/T in any cir-
p \ cumstances.
(2) The firwt assurance asked for in paragraph (c) of
my letter of 4th April 1942 relates solely to the
power of the apparatus to be used in communication
between Bahrain and Dhahran, and with launches on
the waters between those two places. What is re
quired is that the apparatus to be used should not
be more powerful than is necessary for such communi
cation. If the Company* s radio equipment already
in use fulfils this condition there seems to be
no obstacle to your giving the assurance asked for.
In regard to paragraph (c7 (l) of my letter, the
matters to which conversations are confined are
specified clearly, and I have no authority to extend
their scope. I suggest that the assurance asked
for be given now and that subsequently a separate
representation be made (which I will gladly for
ward to higher authority) regarding radio telephonic
communication at times of emergency when immediate
contact is necessary for the protection of life,
preservation of property or other similar vital
object. In regard to frequencies approved, I will
inform you as soon as possible whether the correct
frequency is 3537 or 3537.5 kc/s.
(3) In regard to Cable and Wireless Limited I regret
that I am unable to give you the information for
which you ask as I do not know what their claims
are. I presume that details of their claims can
be ascertained by your Company* s representative in
London.
Yours truly,
Sd. E.B. Wakefield.
Political Agent, Bahrain.