مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎١‎١‎٦] (١١٤٨/٢٣١)

tti for tuna tely in February $aj or Ho wee wae tranef erred to
India and the aonaular work rcinaaixied on a oare and maintenance
baaie until ^fir. Ro^sre arriTed in the autumn.
f>. In December o l^r ?e body of the R.A.F. Leriee at
Tank averted with their riflea. 1 nad warned the Air
Officer Oownandin* in 1942 that this would happen if
mm of this type were employed but it iw^s unfortunately not
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found possible to sooept my views.
ARAB SIPS .
A feature of the year was the Investiture of His
Hl&neee the Shaikh of Kuwait with the K.C.S.I. t whioh I
wee privileged to do in April. After the ceremony a
tremendous and spontaneous outb’irst of loyalty took place
which .greatly moved His Hit^ineeB and. he felt hie position
eo strengthened by this uark of favour on the part of His
Hajaety that he shortly afterguards released all tne political
prieouere ar-d raised the bon on most of those who had been
forbidden to re-enter Kuwait. In Bahrain, Shaikh S&lman
ah owed inci'eaaing uigns of a swollen head and a disposition
to mia-interpret the agreement ho had astered into with the
Shaikh of ^atar over ?;ubara. In ^atar the heir-apparent
and the Customs officials* wore found to be organising
crijuggling and evasion of irajjo:. t uad <AUoia controls on a
large seals and drastic action was eventually taken against
them. pircoto^ of Guo tout ant’. Id $ brothers were denied
all fool lit ion rox travel in Ua. Gulf, and shortly after the
oloae of thes year it wae arruiiged that s.ll ^atar*e imports
BhouH be routed via Bahrain vhera they could be more easily
controlled. Sultan of Vuscat remained iu Phofar through
out the year, but proceeded to India at its dose to pay a
visit to ?>elh$ for his investiture with the G.0.1.3.
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