'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Report' [‎28r] (55/154)

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BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE STHE^ARY FOR. NERIOD
16TH TO 31S.T NAY, 1947. w
108, MOVE ME NTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) On the 17th Captain R. J.R, Dencly, R.N. Senior Naval
Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , arrived in Bahrain in H.N.S. f,T ’ r ildgoose tT
and left the follov/ing day. He returned to Bahrain in H.N.S.
^Wildgoose" on the 27th.
(ii) On the 19th the Jion’hle Lt-Col. vr .R. Hay, 0.3.1.,
C.I.E., political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , left by air for
New Delhi, and returned on the 27th. J
(iii) Reference paragra ph 96(iv) of intelligence Summary No.9.
On the 24th the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent returned to Sharjah.
(iv) On the 29th Ying Commander P.R.N. Nilliams, Air Staff
Liaison Officer, Bahrain, accompanied by T'rs. Williams, left
Bahrain by tanker for the United Ningdom.
(v) On the 31st the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. left by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch
for Qatar.
• 109. VISITORS.
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f . Reference paragraph 97(1) of Intelligence Summarv u 0 .9.
On the 15th Mr. and vrs. Thornburg le^t by air for Basra.
110> CALLS .
(i) oh the 20th His Highness Shaikh Salman, accompanied by
Mr. C.D. Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, called on
the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , it As, perhaps, superfluous to add that
Zubara was discussed.
(ii) On the 21st Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa A1 Khalifa, senior
uncle of His Highness, who had recently returned from Egypt, called
on the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. .
111 , GULF AIR COMMUNICATIO NS.
(i) Airindia is considering operating a Gulf air service
from Karachi to Basra conjointly with * Iraqi Airways. Stops are
to be made at Bahrain and Sharjah.
1 (ii) Reference paragraph 86(1) of intelligence Summarv ,T o.8.
The Bahrain Government were recentlv asked if thev could
provide an ambulance and a fire engine for the vuharraq aerodrome.
They replied that thev had only one ambulance, and were unable to
keep either an ambulance or a fire engine continually standing by
at the aerodrome.
112. LANDING A.GRANGEJ'ENT S.
Reference paragraph 98 cA intelligence Summary No.9.
On the 29th a third meeting of the Bahrain merchant
community was held, at their request, at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . whe Poli
tical Agent, His Highness Shaikh Salman, Shaikh Abdullah bin Tsa,
uncle of His Highness, TT r, C.D. Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain
Government, and Representatives of Messrs. Grav Mackenzie and
Messrs. Khalil Kanoo were present. The purpose of the meeting was
left studiously vague and it soon became apparent that it was - as
usual when two or more Arabs are gathered together - to talk.
Shaikh Salman seized upon, the occasion to deliver one of his more
tedious, Polonius-like homilies. The merchants were willing to
wound but afraid to strike. The former complaints regarding damage
and pilferage of cargo and the delay experienced in transhipping it
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