IOR/R/15/2/1107

Correspondence discusses matters relating to the Naval Base at Jufair, Bahrain, in the context of the redeployment of the naval stations at Henjam and Basidu on the Persian side of the Gulf.

The topics include:

• Press cuttings from The Times and Evening News, Portsmouth, on the redeployment of British naval forces from Henjam and Basidu on the Persian side of the Gulf to Jufair naval base in Bahrain.
• Lists of persons employed at Jufair naval base.
• Compensation for Bahrain fish traps due to relocation of naval pier.
• Rough plan of Jufair showing fish traps (folio 119).
• Diagram of a fish trap at Bahrain (folio 128).
• List of graves at the Christian cemetery at Henjam (folio 138).
• An incident involving some employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) taking photographs at the Jufair Naval Base. The photographs and negatives were returned (folio 179A).
• Procedure for entry into the naval base at Jufair including the 'naturs' system of night watchmen.

Correspondents include naval personnel; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser, Bahrain Government; George Ashmead Cole, Political Agent, Bahrain; Colonel G. Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; T.C. Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Captain V.S. Butler, Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Secretary of State for India, London; G.W.R. Smith, Chief Local Representative, The Bahrein Petroleum Company.