"ملف 8/46 ضابط الأركان (الاستخبارات) في الخليج العربي، تقارير استخباراتية" [و‎‎٥] (٧٠/٩)

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1^5 Confcd,
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(vlxij, She Motor yacht '-Isalvaged ty A.V.S."Salvdtola* ty the
" '' o’ctober and^ Saliaola" me, able to proceed to Basnsii i*
piore tho Ljzaxm.ng lifting craft vac also taken in tow for
passage to Colombo.
oalvago operations on the Persian sloop "Palang” havo been
AbS^ t0d ’ ana th0 V °** e:L no lon 6 or •tetructs shipping at
+ °aptain Zslli, Cfficar Commanding the Iranian Naval Forces
of .no oor -h, nas shown himsolf to bo most energetic and has
mdo rapia progress in the re-habilitation of tho Iranian
Wavy, y m the year the formation of a "Naval
Eegimant i .’put in liani and its present strength is 25
Officers an- 350 men. & !wo of the throe sloops whioli were
re-pfiro^in ( f ov ^™ enfc ^ the N.I.N. have been
repaired in the Oil 0onpany*s dockyard and have mate trial
° tnG P ® rs ^ n ^ third is still under repair,
1V; S.a. 1 . seaplane rescue laundaoa at Basrah have been
puronased V the Iranian »3vemmont and are to be used bo
in thG P^ention smuggling etc,
is enters bood that two sloops and one floating dock are
expected shortly from England,
M -he third sloop is novr reported to have been repaired,
bahrah,
(1) * }f? Stettom, J.F.P.A. at IteldMi has passed into
the cars & Maintonanoe of the Fort Dirootomto, Basrah.
(XU * ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية 3 ^J**Xr* auiiae
and
Indian soldmexy left by the 16th October,
161 .
(m), With the consequent unei^loyment in Iraq, there have been
oanr cases of theft, gcm^l3y carried ?ut ^
^ the area, B.T.I,, E.Q. ? ma Sited
sten Q ^i^ 1 fluted in tho loot wore several rifles and
00 ^^ ^ r aS B t 1 P 5 h±sfc ^ were a^arcntly over-
aIu . t;Qld in posuosaion of their
r&fles after the incident {!
(iv). The Government has been dealing with the problem ©■*
unemployed by encouraging them to find work in Kinmi t "
b^tir^vern^nte 0 ^ ^ ^est ignored
(v). The Admiralty Tug "Assiduous" arrived in Basrah on fcho 18th
forToLSr ° m ° f ^ ^ In to" h
WAIT.
It is learned that NT, Norman
servmco of refrigerated lorries and adf
alcng the Trans-Arabian pipe lina route
nat his vehicle will reach Kuvmib from 4-^
^tes iill bo considerably bolcw those that
projected. air*~sorvices.
is reported to havo stated
in 16 houri and that tho
1 be ©harged ^ the