‘File 28/40 Proposed military occupation of Gulf ports & coast watching system’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 28/40 Proposed military occupation of Gulf ports & coast watching system’
- Date:
- 1942/1942
- Description:
- Abstract: The file comprises three items of correspondence relating to plans for reconnaissance flights over parts of the coast in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with a view to their occupation by British forces if necessary:a memorandum from Tenth Army headquarters, dated 25 June 1942 and marked most secret, detailing locations for reconnaissance (Jask, Ras el Hadd [Ra’s al Ḥadd], Muscat, Khor Jamara [Khawr al Jarāmah], Kalba, Sharjah, Dibai [Dubai], Bushire, Asal, Lingeh [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Kuwait, Massira [Maṣīrah]), the need for coast watching organisations in each area, and proposals for the organisation of local tribes to assist in action against enemy attack (f 2);an express letter from the British Consul at Bushire, dated 4 August 1942, stating that the proposed reconnaissance is unlikely to take place for some considerable time (f 3);a telegraph from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agents in the Persian Gulf, dated 5 November 1942, informing them of proposals for reconnaissance for defence purposes, calling at: Bahrain, Sharjah, Lingah, Kalba, Muscat, Khor Jamara, Ras al Hadd, Masirah, Jask, Sharjah, and returning via Sharjah and Bahrain (f 4).The file notes record the Political Agent’s (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield) anxiety over the Tenth Army’s proposals to organise the Trucial Coast tribes to assist in the event of enemy attacks, suggesting that organised tribes would be ‘more likely to attack our RAF stations than a disembarking enemy’. (f 5)Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-5; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Aerial reconnaissance
Military intelligence - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000083_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000083_en
IOR/R/15/2/735
IOR/R/15/2/735