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(d) Rescue carried. Supply dropping
contrdiiers and apparatus 3ea Rescue Type "A" M-.II
(Lindliolme).
(o) Details o f RAX'' marine o raid available fo r resc ue,
location of t lie so m arine ora^t and availalaility.
Target Towing (3x ASH) Launch No.2713 at Pahara.
2 pinnaces at Fanara (Nos 91 & 1}60) Available at
4 hours notice. (Assistance obtainable through
A.T.C.G. Egypt).
(f) Details of f ac ilities available from o ther organisational..
s uch as ^ tlie Nav . r , police and other GovonirnentSf
Naval oo-operation in Dastern I'ledli^rr&nean through
A.T.C.C. Malta. Naval co-operation Red oea through
^.T.C.C. South Arabia (Senior Naval Officer - Aden).
Amy Units in the Canal Zono provide Land Rescue tca^is.
^ 'Ciuse liaison is maintained v/ith an R.^.o.C. Dropping
Unit, who afford facilities fox' the pacicing of supplies
o.ud thu provision ox 1 despatch personnel. Enterg-ency ration
store naintaiiied at R.A.F# Fay*id. Liaison Y/ith Greek
rescue organisation maintained through the R.A.F.
Dole- r.tiou in Greece,
A.H. Q . Iraq.
^a) Rescue Co*-ordin,.:tion Centrc;- A.T.C.C. Habbaniya
"<*) 33°30 , N, 39°00*E, to 3?°O0«E > to-^2Q00*N # 60 o 00 f E #
oheiice Kox'inwards along Meridian CO^OO^TT to Persian Coaat
and thence coastwise ro<X'-d the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Iraq bouikUey
to 33°30«N, 39°00 »e. * ^
(c) Trues of aircraf t a ~. f lable for search, location of tllQ. air**
‘^aft^_an£ "a val lab i 111 y; -
Venturas, Ansons, Teirpests at R.A.F. Station, Habbaniya on
request.
Re scue Equipment carried. Supply dj'Opping. oontaineivs.
(a) Details of R.A.F. land rescue teams.
Equipped desert rescue teams maintained at R.xi.F. Stations
Habbaniya and Sliaibah.
(^) .DQtail s of R.A.F. mar i ne craft avai labl e for rescue, location
"of these marine craft and availability.
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(e)
Details of facilities availabl e fro m other orga nisatio ns
77uch asT tlie Navy, Ar^j Poli c e unci other Govern ie nts.^
Liaison with Royal Nx.vy (^.if.O.P.G.) at Bahrein, for
available vessels when required. Use of Transport air
craft if required. Contact v/ith Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian
Gulf at Bahrein. Contact with Political Agents Kuwait,
Bahrein and Muscat, political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at
Sharjah.. Contact with American Oil Company Airfield at
Diiahran. Possible availability of a high speed launch
through the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Muscat.
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