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Extracts from the Persian Gulf Intelligence Report for the
month of February. 1937. (3.M.O., F.G’s No.60/522 of
14th March, 1937.)
Trucial and Batlneh Coasts .
Iranians to the Trucial and Batineh Coasts. The Sheikh of
Kalba reported that 400 had arrived in his vicinity in the past
6 to 8 months. A passport system and a strict watch on the
ports has been instituted by the Iranians to prevent this
wholesale desertion, the cause appears to be the extreme
poverty of the country and the dislike of conscription.
2. The Governnent have issued an w Arms Ordnance
Proclamation ,, which prohibits the import or export of firearms,
or their manufacture and provides for the issue of licences
for the possession of arms already in the possession of approved
persons. The regulation does not apply to firearms imported
for the use of His Majesty’s Government or the Bahrain Governmen
3. Relations with Palestine . Members of the ruling
family have expressed the opinion that the Arabs in Palestine
are prepared to accept much less than the Arab Council have
demanded. Such uncompromising demands have only been made to
ensure that they get the best possible terms.
4. Death of Yassin al Hashlml . Yassin al Hashimi died
in Beyrout on 21st January, the late Prime Minister has passed
on at a time when it is fashionable in Iraq to heap recrimina
tions on his head, thus his body remains buried in Damascus
instead of in his own country - a graceless ending to one who
was probably only second to the late King Faisal in leading
Iraq to independence.
been without words of disagreement and the general impression
given is that the Premier’s intentions of governing constitu
tionally are losing ground, and that Bekr Sidqi’s influence in
administrative matters is on the increase.
7. Palestine Relations. The obvious intention of the
new Government to hold aloof as much as possible from that
dispute has had a subduing effect, both on the relief committee
and on those sections of the Press which for so long have made
Of recent times there had been a large influx of South
(DEPTFORD Int. Report)
Bahrain .
(Bahrain Int. Report)
Kuwait *
(Kuwait Int. Report)
Iraq .
(R.A.F. Int. Report)
5. The Government. The Cabinet deliberations have not
(R.A.F. Int. Report)
*
I rag .