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SECRET
No. 24 of 1940
Intelligence Summary of the
Political Agent, Bahrain, for
the period 16th to 31st
December 1940.
140.
-.c+v ’’El Segundo" (Panama) arrived here on the
15th and left on the 17th December 1940 with a cargo of
3173 tons of Fuel Oil for Bombay and 1561 tons of Fuel
Oil for Karachi.
(ii) T.V. ,5 Bahrein M (Panama) arrived here on the 15th
and left on the 17th December 1940 with a cargo of 4298
tons of Gasoline and 4705 tons of Kerosene for Bombay,
after discharging 15,000 packages for Bahrain.
(iii) T.V. "Arena" (Norwegian) arrived here on the 20th
and left bn the 21st December 1940 with a cargo of 7357
tons of Kerosene and 1694 tons of Gasoline for Bombay,
after discharging 2058 packages for Bahrain.
(iv) T.V. "Captain A.F, Lucas" (Panama) arrived here
on the 24th December 1940 and left the same day with a
cargo of 5176 tons of Fuel Oil for Colombo.
(v) S.S. "Mantai Maru" (Japanese) arrived here on the
29th December 1940 and left the same day after discharging
97 packages for Bahrain.
141. Movements of British Official s
The Hon’ble P.C. Spender, K.C., Minister for Army,^
Commonwealth of Australia, and party passed through Bahrain
on the 31st December 1940 en route to Egypt. They were met
at the landing pier by the Political Agent.
142. Persian Gulf Fighter Fund
Contributions have now amounted to Ps^22,180/- and
£ 75/5. Subscriptions are still being received.
143. L ocal Affairs
The Political Agent paid his call on His Highness
Shaikh Hamad at Sakhir on the 23rd De ^ e ® be £*
just returned from Rumaitha and seemed in good form barring
a cold He expressed his thankfulness for the British
successes agaSstthe Italians in North Africa and those of
the Greeks in Albania.
144. Meteorological
Maximum temperature 83.0° on the 30th
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Hm the maximum being 96% on the 28th December.
The 5th January 1941.
Sd/- B.G. Alban
Political Agent, Bahrain.
Attes ted
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a constant Political Agent, Bahrain.
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