Gulf Mail! That rings a few bells. I was their "Motoring Correspondent" for a while in 70/71. Got all the embargoed info on new vehicles - ISTR Mk 2 ?Vauxhall Viva for one - and cobbled together a report which may have completely unintentionally
been interpreted to suggest I'd actually test driven one .....
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist.
The honest British journalist.
But seeing what (unbribed) he'll do -
There's never any reason to!"