"ملف 8/16 ملخص استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٧‎٧] (١٧٤/١٥٣)

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(ii) Gold
A check was put on gold smuggling to India, by
tne lact that recently one of the smugglers' boatman who
carried gold strapped to his legs was caught and convicted.
Ji certain Indian merchant then got hold of a Mr. Taylor,
who^works inGray Mackenzie & Co., Ltd., and whose business
^ vi sit the B.I. ships. The merchant suggested to
Mr. Taylor that if he agreed to carry gold (about 3 lbs. a
time) aboard the ships he would be paid Rs.1,000/- a month
for doing so. Mr. Taylor agreed to this suggestion but then
irnormed the Manager of Messrs. Gray, Mackenzie & Co, , Ltd
who then informed the Bahrain Government.
(iii) Educ ation.
The Bahrain Government are having trouble with
some of their Egyptian teachers. They are probably the
source of scurrilous articles which appeared in the Egyptian
press aoout the .udviser to the Bahrain Government.
(iv) Thieving .
There has been an epidemic of telephone wire
c.utting which has disrupted the communication between Manamah
and the Shaikh's headquarters at Haafa, The wire was stolen
in order to make fish traps. The thieves are difficult to
catch.
(v) Moral s„
Highness the Shaikh was impressed during his
.visit to Kuwait by the fact that prostitutes are not seen ii\
that town while in Bahrain they advertise their presence '
blatantly, strut about unveiled and even smoke in the streets..
He is therefore trying to organise another "purity" campaign
The places^of the lar *e number of foreign prostitutes deported
by the Political Agen ^ in May last.have been rapidly filled
by new recruits who visit tin, island with men who pretend he
be their husbands..
(vi) Anti-Jewis h feeling .
There has been some recrudescence of anti-Jewish
feeling recently, of which one evidence was malicious mo T/ ts
against a Jewish merchant named Naji Murad. His younger
brother was beaten severely in school and he himself had to
endure rather stupid telephone calls from people threatening
to kill him. ~
173. QAT i.R.
(i) B} ’ itish_Adviser.
Reference paragraph 166 (i) of Summary No.20.
It now appears that Mr. Deardon may not take
up the post in Qatar.
(ii) Qua rantine arran gem ents .
The Chief Quarantine Medical Officer, Persian
Gulf,^is looking into the possibilities of arranging with
the Oil Company doctors for looking after the quarantine
services in Qatar.