مجموعة ٥/٣٠(٣) "الرسالة الشهرية لمقيمية الخليج الفارسي في البحرين - ملخص الأحداث" [و‎‎٨‎٠] (١٩٤/١٥٩)

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2X It is stated that Ibn Saud intends to visit ■&h£ah]r&n
during the next few months. It is not yet known whether the
Shaikh will invite him to Bahrain.
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^ The American Arabian Oil Company intend to buTld a
causeway seven miles long running into the sea north-east of
Dammam with berths for two ocean-going vessels. There will be
standard gauge railway from the wharf to Dhahran. The work
is expected to be completed in twenty months* time. It seems
.(inevitable that Bahrain's transit trade will be adversely
^/affected by this project. There is some idea of eventually
extending the railway to Riyadh.
?7 Mr. Croning, till recently Under Secretary to this
Residency, has recently had a stroke while on leave in India and
it is not known whether he will be able to return to the Gulf.
He had an unrivalled knowledge of the Residency records and has
rendered invaluable assistance to successive Political Resident*s
over a long number of years.
7<f Some anxiety was felt for the families of the Consul,
Bushire, and the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, .who as a
result of the tribal disturbances, were marooned in Shiraz
where they had gone for part of the hot weather. This was
relieved when they were evacuated, under tribal auspices, on
the 14th October by road to Bushire. The Assistant Political
Agent* s family and a few of the Residency staff left in Bushire
reached Bahrain by ship on the 16th October .
tf The Residency Surgeon crossed from Bushire In
November and the transfer of the Residency to Bahrain may now
be regarded as complete.
^ The Residency is now established at the Jufair Naval
Base. A fair amount of worlf still remains to be done before
all living quarters are habitable.
Ai I am distributing this and future summaries as in
the attached list.
Yours sincerely,
Sd. W. R. HAY.
G.A.M.