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In Attvdan tfco A*I*0*C* tcloily increased their
inntallaUco* and In Bahrain the kl^ootano plant belonging
to the U.8f0oromr»?nt T^e proaoed on* ¥ho B.UoPo (tho

oonntruotion Company) employees gPve a great deal of trouble
willoli vno Burwouoted with rauoh difficulty by the political
Aguat sui the Btation CocumUnr, Colonol n.T.Hauitt* In
Kuwait the oil company continual on u olooeu.do«n baoio and

in qatar alnllarly no progress w:*.a oado but faint inlicationa
of the possibility of early exploration by r*G.L. on the
Truoial Coast and in iruBoat were shorn*

3* Air pgyclopr/enta*
On the oivil eido there v.au a great inoroaeo in
3.O.A.C. traffic and the Sisigie reappeared on this routs*
On tho military oide thero ma a vatt icoree.eo both of
Britieh and U.3.A. planes* The tocrloscs had ixioiated on

greatly inortaoed accct'^odation being provided by April aa
they intaiicd to transfer huge forces to the par E*et* This
early date trao ch'efta to be quite unnecessary near 'eao

ccoczrjodatio.i ready by tha and of Vic year, ThO R*A.F.
periodically announced jarioua roinforocment echeace all
of which failed to natorjalii.o during the year*
4* Kuoh diff ioulty nan experienced throu^iout tho

year in eeouring Air and sea postages fer official® travelling
on duty* and it tos dear tint the priority system ooverod
gross abuses in both dlrcotlane* -bile officers and staff
proceeding from India to join station* in the Persian Gulf

wore of ton kept waiting weeks* and some times wenthop for
steaser postage, Arab merchants, Iraqi yews ard foreigners
appeared to have little dlfflenity in securing then without
dairy* the ineeccpoble dcdfcotioa was that aoncy talked

loader than priority* Zt is interacting to record that
at a ties i&ca groat difficulty was experienced in seeding
posaegca tfc* freight offloaded fro» a Gerties plr.no to es£2ia

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