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'File 8/18 Iraq: Review of Events, 1933' [14r] (27/56)
The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in Jan 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Page 11.
OIL.
30. Rapid progress was made by the ’Iraq Petroleum
Company during 195o and the welding and burying of the
pipe line is now complete on all three sections, KIRKUK -
HADITHA, HALITIIA - HAIFA, RADITHA - TRIPOLI, with the
exception of the pumping station points which must re
main unconnected until thoso stations are constructed.
It is expected that all pumping stations will be com
pleted in 1934. In approximately two months time, it
is intended to pump oil along the line from KIRKUK to
HADITHA for testing purposes, and with the completion
of the pumping stations, it is anticipated that oil will
be running along the entire length of pipe line before
the end of 1934, The provisions under the amended con
cession granted to this company by the ’Iraq Government
will thus be complied with by a date considerably earlier
than had originally been expected.
31. The British Oil Development Company, a subsid
iary branch of Mosul Oil Fields Ltd., which was granted
a concession by the ’Iraq Government in 1932 to prospect
and drill for oil in the lands west of the TIGRIS and
north of the 33rd parallel of latitude, was reported to
have struck oil towards the und of 1933. Reports re
garding the progress of this company have not been given
much publicity, but it is probable that 1934 will see a
general increase in activity in the SHERGAT Area.
CIVIL AVIATION .
32. The new airport for civilian aircraft at
BAGHDAD 'VEST was officially opened in April by H,M.
King Faisal.
33. Three civil air lines are at present operating
through 'IRAQ:-
(a) Impe rial Airways. ENGLAND to SINGAPORE.
(b) R oyal Dutch ^ir Lines . CROYDON to BATAVIA.
(via HOLLAND).
( c ) Air Orien t. MARSEILLES to HA JOI (French
Inao-China).
These three services all operate a weekly two-way ser
vice and convey both mails and passengers.
34. ’Iraq Airwork Ltd., which is British owned, in
tended to operate a mail and passenger service between
BAGHDAD and LARNICA (CYPRUS) connecting with the Lloyd
Triestino Company’s liners, but received a serious set
back in March when its first Spartan Cruiser crashed at
RAMADI en route for BAGHDAD. Since this event there
have been no further developments regarding this ser
vice, but the company is at present negotiating with the
’Iraq Government concerning the inauguration of a daily
passenger service between BAGHDAD and BASRAH, and a
weekly passenger service between BAGHDAD and TEHRAN
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The file contains an intelligence report and analysis of events and affairs in Iraq during the year 1933, produced by British Air Headquarters at Hinaidi, Iraq. The report is written by Wing Commander John L Vachell of Air Staff Intelligence.
The report is divided into five main sections relating to a different subject. Each of these is further divided into sub-sections with a different focus, as follows:
- Section I - Political and Social: Home Politics; Social and Economic;
- Section II - Internal Security: Northern Iraq; Central and Southern Iraq;
- Section III - Industries and Resources: General Survey; Oil; Civil Aviation; The Desert Route;
- Section IV - Army and Air Forces: Iraq Army; Royal Iraq Air Force;
- Section V - Foreign Relations: Turkey; Persia; Saudi Arabia; Palestine; Syria.
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- 1 file (24 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File 8/18 Iraq: Review of Events, 1933'
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- front, front-i, 2r:27v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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