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Coll 6/88 'Intelligence: Military Report on Arabia (C.B. 1892).' [14r] (32/133)
The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in Feb 1932-7 Feb 1942. 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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CONTENTS
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Section I.—Policy —(Notissued.)
Section II.—Strategy and Tactics
(1) (Not issued.)
(2) Possible lines on which war plans would be framed
(3)
(4)
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(Not issued.)
Section III. — Economic —(Not issued.)
Section IV—Geography and Topography
(1) Brief description of the country, location of frontiers and demilitarized areas
(2) Climatic conditions, as affecting Naval operations
(3) Transport facilities, including waterways, railways, roads and airways
(4) Signal communications, W/T, L/T and cable
Section V.—Base Facilities and Maintenance of the Fleet
(1) (Not issued.)
(2) Principal commercial dockyards and repair bases
(3) Fuel storage . .
(4) Supplies and storage of ammunition and other Naval material, including arsenals and
armament factories.
(5) Defended areas
(6) Air
Section VI.—Ports, Anchorages and their Defences
AKABA
BAHRAIN
DOHA
HODEIDA and RAS KETHIB . ,
JEDDA
KAMARAN
KUWAIT
MUKALLA
MUSCAT
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LIST OF PLANS
General map of Arabia in four sheets.
Outline Map showing Communications, etc.
HODEIDA, View of.
FUWWAH, Plan of Landing Ground.
MUKALLA and Environs, Plan of.
MUKALLA, Plan^of Wharf.
MUKALLA Anchorage, Views of.
AKABA and Shihair Landing Ground, Views of.
SHARMA, Plan of.
RAIDAH and District, Plan of.
DOHA (A1 Bida), Plan of.
SALALAH, Views of.
MURBAT Bay, Plan of.
MURBAT and KHOR RORI, Views of.
BAHRAIN, Plan of.
MANAMAH, Plan of Port and Town.
Naval Base, KHOR KALIYA, Plan of.
KHOR KAWI, Plan of.
KHOR KAWI, Views of.
KUWAIT, Plan of.
MUSCAT and MATRAH, Plan of.
JEDDA, Plan of Port.
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(C43043)
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- Content
This file consists of two parts. The first part (folios 1-9) begins with a 'state of report' document for an Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division report entitled 'Arabia, Intelligence Report'; the 'state report' concerns the updating of the report in October 1941, and it includes a list of maps, plans and photographs that are contained in the report. There then follows a small amount of correspondence between 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. , War Office, and General Staff (India) officials regarding the supply of an earlier issue of the report, dated 1939.
The second part of the file consists of the actual report, entitled 'C.B. 1892 (X) (10/41) Arabia Intelligence Report', dated October 1941, with appended maps, plans and photographs relating to Arabian Peninsula ports. The report is divided into four sections (six sections are listed in the table of contents, which lists sections one and three, most of section two, and one part of section five, as 'not issued', i.e. not printed in this edition of the report).
The first section to appear in the report is entitled 'Section II: Strategy and Tactics'; parts 1 and 3-6 of this section have been omitted, leaving part 2, which has the heading 'Possible Lines on which War Plans would be Framed'.
The next section, 'Section IV: Geography and Topography', provides an overview of the geography and topography of the Arabian Peninsula, including information about climate, transport facilities (including a table of landing grounds and seaplane anchorages), and communications.
The third section, 'Section V: Base Facilities and Maintenance of the Fleet' (from which part one has been omitted), provides a summary of principal commercial dockyards and repair bases, locations for fuel storage, supplies and storage of ammunition, fixed coastal defences, and aircraft.
The final section of the report, 'Section VI: Ports, Anchorages and Their Defences', proceeds through a number of Gulf ports in alphabetical order (i.e. Akaba, Bahrain, Doha, Hodeida and Ras Kethib, Jedda, Kamaran, Kuwait, Mukalla, and Muscat), describing each place's port facilities, anchorages and defences, as well as providing other information relating to matters such as government, commerce, water supply, transport and communications.
Enclosed with the maps and plans is a symbols chart, which lists some of the symbols used in the maps and plans.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (63 folios)
- Arrangement
The Arabia Intelligence Report contains a table of contents. The maps, plans and photographs, which are listed below the table of contents, appear after the main text of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The file is formed of two parts. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of the first part at 1 and terminates at the inside back cover of the second part at 65; 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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- front, front-i, 2r:9v, front-a, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-a-i, 11r:39v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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