"ملف 14/201 II، مسائل متنوعة خاصة بالساحل المتصالح، B 57" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٩] (٤١٧/٣٠٥)

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ouw hie khor which fonuerly took t p vh
•Ky woos Li.e oiggest country craft,
iiciE BiJ-tsd. Up within 1-i •T^'n -
m i^Tin^ memory. The Residency A^ent
tii«u ht i^, prepared to put some of his oil money into
this he rwgai^s 1 1 as a permanent investment, and I have
taken up thv. ^ue^tion with sir John .^ard • If the dredging is
succesLful, it mi^ht bs possible to extend it to that ana of
hi i knor .■vhich is at right aiigles to the sea which would have
the inaoti^able advantage of placing our flying boat anchor-
alongside the aerodrowe and Rest House, under the eye of
the Residency Agent, and in a less disturbed area than at
Debai • The Debai agreement has, however, several years to
run. He gave us a dinner in his fort and I invited him and
hie relations to lunch on shore the next day*
?• I visited the Airways Rest House, and saw the new
accommodation which is being prepared and which is simply a
reproduction of the old fort. Imperial Airways tell roe that
they have to take what the Air Ministry give them, and what
the Air Ministry give them is a disgrace to our Air Route,
It is a scandal that passengers who have paid very high fares
should be obliged to stew in what appear to be small stables,
sometimes even two in a room, when fitters anu artisans in
Bahrain have air -conditioned quarters and modern sanitation*
The whole of this Rest House is misconceived, from the main
gat® which opene aw f 10 ® the prevailing wind to its loop
holee which face exactly the wrong way round, and reflects no
credit "w the Sappers who built it. Had the additional
no coibib odation heen placed in afl upper .torey it would have
been duite easy to provide decent window apace with perfect
protection from rifle fire and at the aarae time give passenger
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