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'File 8/46 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Persian Gulf, Intelligence Reports' [5r] (9/70)
The record is made up of 1 file (33 folios). It was created in Oct 1947-Oct 1948. 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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1^5 Confcd,
160 ,
(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 * ** 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
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The file contains the periodic intelligence reports of the Staff Officer (Intelligence), based in Bahrain. The reports, marked secret, were issued roughly every quarter. The file contains the four reports released between October 1947 and October 1948.
Each report consists of summarised intelligence on regional economic and political developments, but the emphasis is on shipping and nautical matters, air traffic, and other communication issues.
On folio 12 is information on international radio channels and frequencies in use in the region.
Folios 33-34 are notes on the Iranian Southern Naval Forces, including an organisational chart.
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- 1 file (33 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; 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.
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- IOR/R/15/2/338
- Title
- 'File 8/46 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Persian Gulf, Intelligence Reports'
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- front, front-i, 2r:34v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence