'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports'

Title:

'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports'

Creator:

Author: RAF Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain

Date:

1946/1949

Description:

Abstract: The file contains the monthly intelligence reports of the Air Staff Liaison Officer in the Persian Gulf, based in Bahrain, for the period July 1946 to January 1949. The reports were distributed to several military and political offices in the Persian Gulf region, including the Bahrain Political Agency. Each report, marked secret, consists of several sections relating to geographic area, as follows: Bahrain and the Trucial Coast (including Saudi Arabia, Persia [Iran], and Qatar), Kuwait, and Muscat. Within each section is summarised intelligence on the following matters:shipping and air traffic;local news and tribal affairs;trade and industry;banking;the supply of electricity, water, and postal and medical services;the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy;the operations of oil companies and other private entities;smuggling and slavery;anti-locust operations;weather and meteorological data.Many reports also include a list of exchange rates and local prices.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 208; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Colonial administration
Reports

Geographic region:

Persian Gulf

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00015c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00015c_en
IOR/R/15/2/333
IOR/R/15/2/333

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