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c/o AIR HEADQUARTERS,
BRITISH FORCES IN IRAQ,
HINAIDI, 1 IRAQ*
DLA/1. 19th May, 1935*
Air Facilities on Arab Coast of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *
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Dear Colonel, yh
With reference to your letter No •C/52 of 1935
dated 19th March 1935, and to the discussion with the Air
Officer Commanding ‘Iraq on 18th May 1935, I have to make
the following observations
KUWAIT *
( The facilities which will be required at this
place will consist of a floodlight-beacon to be provided
by the Air Ministry, and at the same time, Imperial Airways
| have asked for a refuelling shelter* I am not quite
| clear as to the precise form which this shelter will take,
but I do not suppose that it will be much more than a
I screen or wall serving as a wind-break. It may prove
desirable to lay down a hard runway, but a definite
decision on this point cannot be made the at the present
time. As described by Mr* Entwistle, it is desirable
that a meteorological observation station should be
established at Kuwait. Subject to the concurrence of the
India Meteorological Department, Mr.Entwistie suggests
that suitable men of local origin should be trained in^ ^
making observations, and paid for their services. It is i
quite possible that the establishment of such a station V.
will involve securing a small plot for the erection Ox a
meteorological office and for the installation of the
instruments used for observation* I understand that you
consider the employment ox local talent would oe veiy
1 desirable*
BAHRAir* is Drol3able that the facilities at Bahrain
will need to be" extended- Additions may have to be ma e
to the W/T Station, as it will be necessary to suhstitat
Adcock direction-finding equipment for the existing
Bellini-Tosi, The signal station will also hav to keep
longer hours of watch. This haccomodl-
in staff, and presumably an increase -n living
tion. It may also be found necessar y to provide
extended facilities for passengers . _ It ^ v ery h-.
the moment to translate such expansion into te.ms of
buildings, land, etc*
HALUL ISLAND. infl ,- ca t e d in the schedules forwarded,
+ are confined to the location
requirements at this island are --unattended"
of an airway beacon, ais will De^o^^^ Ume
type, but naturally will ■«-/« -• • c i ear that it is
to time. Worn B.A.F. information it ^ clear ^at i
Lieut .-Colonel T . 0 .Fowls,C .B.S.,
The Hon’ble 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
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