مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎١‎٤‎٣] (١٢٠٣/٢٨٥)

ffiahaRY OPERATIONS
6. Tho vanish fishery experts are again operating
in the Gulf in their tawler RASHGU. They are reported as
having visited Bushire and Kharq, Island several times in
the month, (Vice Consul Kharranshahr).
7, Tribal icove/ienta. 5very winter a certain number 11
of the Awazin tribe, whose normal territory is South of the
Kuwait -Saudi neutral one, come to Kuwait for grazing.
This year almost the whole tribe has been permittee by Ibn
Gaud to migrate and some 2000 of their tents are in the
area between the Sor ridge and the Ghiggat A1 Jelib. Toward
the same area the Huntafiq, Huqra uonkey sections, from irac
are moving arid therefore the area North and riast of Kuwait
uay will be unusually closely Inhabited by Nomads this
winter. Due to the heavy rain in the Autumn, it is
considered that the water supply will be adequate for thern*
(P.A. Kuwait)
NAWSPAPAd ARTICLES.
Iraq. Numerous articles, all inaccurate and
many without even a basis of truth, purporting to describe
events in the Persian Gulf, have been appearing in the Iraqi
Press. Come of the writers refer to the Persian Gulf as
the Gulf of Basrah anu their general trend is to herald
political changes anu the loosening of existing ties in the
Gulf. Hitherto such articles have been occasional. In the
last few weeks only, they have been frequent. Most of them
have appeased in A1 Bilad, a Baghdau newspaper.
(P.A. Kuwait)
9. As Sijil, newspaper of Basrah, published on 24th
December an attack on the Saudi Arabian Government. In this
article Ibn Saud is attacked for refusing to allow a
conference at Mecca on matters affecting all Islam, and for
refusing either to protest to the British against their
action in Palestine or to send his armies to fight them.
The writer is the son of the former Municipal director of
Kuwait who has been educated in Baghdad. His name is
Khalid Sulaiman ai Atsani. (P.A. Kuwait)
Egypt . An £g ptian paper called al MirabAtal
Arabiya is specialising in articles calculated to undermine
Britain* s repute in Arabia proper and on its seaboard.
The aoministration or representation in Aden, Hadhramant
and the Persian Gulf have all beon repeatedly attacked in
recent issues.
Surprising changes are fereostotin the Persian Gulf.
The iiditor of this paper is obviously anxious to secure a
Foreign circulation in that special rates are quoted for
iiadhramant and Singapore while free copies have been reeeiwsd
in Kuwait. The Editor of tnis paper is the rather well
known writer Amin v»aied and the office is at 22 Bharia in
Nowab, Cairo. (P»A. Kuwait)
11. Political Agent, Kuwait, reports that ’'taking
stock of the state of general relations at the end of the
year, a year during which there has been trouble in some
neighbouring countries, anti from some of which there has
been totued a stream of anti-British newspaper propaganda, it
is remarkable how excellent relations remain". \
/HJBARAH