'File 8/46 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Persian Gulf, Intelligence Reports' [‎18r] (35/70)

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traffic there is lit tic/ofH.M.G. being able to stop it on
tiie True in 1 Coast especially at this tine of economic
depression.
• Petr oleun Develo pment Crucial Coast) Lino. ted.
(i) Captain R.L.R.Biru, tormerly of bnc Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
and nov^vath Petroleum Developments ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Lind ted,
is working as Liaison Officer for the Company with the tribes
of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. hinterland# He has recently boon
negotiating with the A1 bu Shards for the survey of their area
by tne CcLipany# Tiieir Shailii Muhamad bin Rahmahj has re dreed
his charges f or permrt/^ion bo survey from Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees * to
Rs s 25*000/- per year,,- *
(ii) On the 17th March^ Mr* Basil Lerr.dtto, Manager, Petroleum
Concessions Limited, accovjpanied by Captain Bird, Mr. Wellings
and Squadron Ldr, Lems, ilir Staff Liaison Officer, Bahrein,
made an aerial reconnaisance of Buraimi and Oman and landed to
refuel at Masirali, On the 18bh March they again made a
reconnaisanEe flight to Buraird and the Dhahira area and returned
o Qi arjah about noon. The party left for Bahrein the sa:oe day,
(ni) The Geophysical Party’s survey of the Dubai and Abu Dloabi
territory is rearing coupletion. They had hoped to survey next
paras of Ras al Khaimdi territory but Saqr bin Mohammed, the de
facto ruler of Ras al Xhaimoh, has not yet consolidated his
aubiority over the tribes inhabiting the areas in which the Co.
are interested, and is awaiting recognition by K.M.G. before P
cUDing so., in the circumstances the Company have decided to
pos tpone their survey of Ras al Khaimeli territory,
(iv) Captain Holden of the Company's Marine Department, lias been
surveying the Dubai Creek and The coastal line up to Bandar
Hisyan to select a point for unloading the Company’s heavy
equip-lent. The Umm al Qaiwain Crook \ms also exaidned, and a
land survoy is Doing carried out for the samj purpose.
17- _Comnunicabions {Air ).
(i) Txie BiO,A. C* flying boat services from the United Kingdom
Bahrein have boon reduced from three to two, and both those ’
services are now calling at Kuwait instead of Basra. A new
; ^ coa ^f-' rvico filing at Bahrein and terminating at
Ku^mt nas boon instituted. The Iiaqi Airways service via
Bahrein to Karachi \7h1ch was started in the latter half of Fob.
tiona as far as Sharjah owing to Quarantine restric
tions mposcdm Iraq on travellers from India. The aircraft
usually travel more- than half empty, aircraft
(ii)
Tne Kuwait Oil Company has selected a site for a new airileld
at Kuwait* Budgetary Allotment and probably H.M.C’s approval
are awaited before work on the airfield isltarTol aP ^ rOVal