"ملف 7/4 شؤون الطيران وسلاح الجوّ" [و‎‎١‎٦‎١] (٥٠٦/٣٣٠)

Co nfidential
D.ON o . 133 C
The Agency, Bahrain-
25th November 1929.
Dear Colonel
I thnik a E.o. oommentarybon 11^ official report
wil oe of use, fo there is muc^ that can be more conveneintly
dealt with in a D.O. ■■
2. Prom the political point of view, the trip was not a
great success owing the the continual emtjai^assments provided
by the R.'.F. At the very a t|rt, when we; set out for Darin
there^was no question of our going to Qatif, nor did I want.to
visit, among a mob of other people. As we passed Darin, the
aerodrome was clearly visible, and we passed a launch obvious
ly intended for us which, in addition, waved to attract our
attention, but the pilot of the leading plane for reasons which
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we /ere unable to fathom either then or afterwards, flew to
tesijt qatif and anchored there. ,$e had to fofiow suit, and
since we had arrived I felt it was impossible to go without
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seeing the Amir.
3. Hassan qusaibi who was in my plane was suspicious
of our intentions but uent word on for us, and gave us coffee
in the Customs, a wrJjeched place. After considerable delay
I was told the Amir was ready. He received us, in a very hast
ily adorned mejlis, and with much nervousness inquired our move-
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ir.ents. Buss { did you know they were sending the head of their
Intelligence down here ? ) thought that his conscience must be
pricking him, but I am certain it was nothing but this unexpec
ted incursion of Ferangir which upset him. Mot realising
that some present understood English some of our party made
comments on our surroundings which must have certainly been re-
t iled after we had gone.
4. During lunch n amusing incident occurred. Howe
feeling that something must be said about the really very credi
table lunch provided, turned to Hassan Qusaibi who was sitting
but not eating with us, and said * MsJfcsck Hatha moo zain 1
v tMs ir r; good 1 and pointed at thp fnnr?.i