Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎117r] (233/1148)

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In Abadan the A*I.O.G. v&Btly incre&bed th«ir
ins tax la ti on r and ir Bahrain the hi&h*catane plant belonging
to the U.ii •Goyemraent irae rr«»e«d on* The B*K*P* (the
oonatnxotion Oompany) eTnloyeoe gaye a grtiat deal of trouble
whioh wae eurmounted with ruuoh difficulty by the political
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Agent and the Station Oom/Dander, Golonel n*T«Hewitt* In
Kuwait the oil oonpany oontinued on a closed-down baais and
in h,* lax similarly no prograee we njade but faint India©tions
of the poaeibility of early exploration >y P^C.L. on the
'iTuoiul coaet and in Mueoat were ehow*
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On the civil side there wae a ^rsat increa to e in
d*0*A.C. trail io and the Snei^ns reappeared on this route*
On the military aide tnere waa a vast Increase both of
British and U.S*A* plane** The AJtericaa? had insisted on
greatly iucreaoed aooonohjdatl on bein^ provided by April as
they int«ided to tr*n»fer huge forooa to the Vtx Jaet* Thie
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eai*ly date was ahowr to be quite luueccecary nor was
accoirmoiati on ready by the end of tht year* The R*A.P.
period!oa! 3 y announced verioue reinforceaent schemes all
of which failed to inaterlaliee during the year*
4* Much difficulty was experienced throughout the
year in securing air and aea passage^ ror officials travelling
on duty, ant^ it was clear that the priority eyetem covered
grose abuses in both directions* fhile officers urfl ataff
proceeding frow Indi« io jrir. rt at lean* in v.i x lersian Gulf
were often kept waiting wrrtc, and eemetiinc© tienths, for
steamer passages, Ar*b merchant?, Xraqi Tcve and foreigners
appeared tc have little difficulty in securing them without
delay. The inescapable dadfcatton was that money talked
louder than priority. It if? interesting to record that
at a tlu*e *fcen great difficulty experienced in aeourlng
passages the freight offloaded from a Service plane to make
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