مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎٧‎٤] (١٢٠٣/١٤٧)

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R.A.F. authorities on the other hand report
four different cases of large quantities of arms and
ammunition having arrived in Iraq and in each case the
source of their information stated categorically that these
arms had passed through Kuwait territory.
The greatest import of arms into Arabia takes
place at Jedda and other places on the Red Sea coast where
there is no British control of arms as in the Persian Gulf.
A glance at the map makes it hard to see why these
arms should come through Kuwait at all.
Summing Up.
There is no traffic in arms from Kuwait
into Iraq.
There appears to be a brisk trade in arras
from Saudi Arabia into Iraq.
R.A.P. Authorities state that these arms
pass through Kuwait territory.
ThePolitical Authorities maintain that (c)
is not the case*
(a)
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(c)
(d)
(S.N.O. Persian Gulf)
KUWAIT.
5* Kuwait has been suffering from an attack of infantile
democracy* Better communications, the Radio and the Advent
of an Oil Company are the causes.
At the request of most of the notables and with advice
from British Official quarters H.H. The Shaikh has agreed to
permit a council to advise him.
This council consists of Shaikh Abdulla as Salim as
Subah, C.I.K. and fourteen members selected by the heads of
150 families.
(P.A.Kuwait.)
BUSHIRE.
6* The Iranian Gunboat Shahrokh is reported as having
intercepted two dhows during the month of June. These dhows
were brought into Bushire and handed over to the Customs
Authorities.
(Brt*Consul Bushire).
7* Conscription. The Conscription office, Bushire,
which had been amalgamated with the Kaval Bureau, has been
separated and transferred to a new office rented for it.
The conscription committee has notified the local
youths who are due for service to report themselves in July
when recruiting will begin.
The Committee has been instructed to send local
recruits to the Military Barracks, Bushire, instead of to the
Iranian Navy at Khorramshahr.
.A
(Brit.Consul Bushire).
8. It is rumoured that the Californian Arabian Standard
Oil Company are negotiating, or are intending to negotiate,
with Abn Saud to waive the clause in their concessions requiring
them to construct a refinery in Saudi-Arabia.
(P.A. Bahrain).
/TRUCIAL COAST.