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largo and most interested audience which included the Politid. •:
Resident, H.H. the Shaikh, many of the A1 Khalifah, a
contingent of the State Police and many members of the H.
community. The manoeuvre consisted of an attack by infan.,,
and bren-guns, using live ammunition, smoke bombs and trench
mortars, and supported by Machine Guns and two heavy guns, on
an enemy entrenched position along a ridge; the enemy infantry
were represented by petrol tins 0 After the hill had been fnkr.
and the troops re-assembled, the British and Indian Officere
taking part were introduced to H.H. the Shaikh, who was then
taken for a ride in a bren-gun carrier. At the beginning of
the exercise the spectators were between the attacking infantry
and their objective, and shells whistled over their heads.
The whole of this realistic and instructive demonstration was
carried through without casualties, human or animal.
3.88. Vis itation of Storks .
On September 4th it was reported from the Oil C r np
at Awali that some 200 migrant birds of unknown species ancf
enormous size had arrived. One had committed suicide by fly:-
into the Refinery and its carcase was sent to Mr. Bertram Them -
the Public Relations Officer, for identification. If was yve—
nounced to be a stork and a tab round its leg read;-
DNIVSRSITE KAUNAS LITHUANIE B
3973
The fact that the local inhabitants have no name for
these birds and that Bahrain notables went after them with guns•
whereas in other parts of the Arab world they are never mole heec
and are in places almost sacrosanct, suggests that Bahrain has
seldom, if ever, seen them before. Two theories that have
been advanced for their arrival here are (a) that they had b
on some active war front and didn't like it, and (b) that in
might presage an early or severe winter. Finding no food a,
Bahrain, they flew on, in a direction not observed. It was-,
no doubt, a coincidence that the same night a son was born to
Mrs. Wakelin, wife of the Bahrain Government Director of .Iduca-
tion.
189. Broadcasting .
On September 15th the following news item was broad
cast from Radio Saigons-
"A strong contingent of American troops has landed in
Bahrain, which is an oil-rich island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to
control the oil interests and to defend the Americans' 1 .
190. Local Affairs .
The Bahrain Government has advanced a loan of Fs 21 1
to Khan Sahib Haji Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo. The ostensible
object of this loan is to provide the recipient with capital
with which to engage in trade.
191. Meteorological.
Maximum temperature 101.5 0 on September 1st.
Minimum temperature 76.6 0 on September 7th.
Humidity exceeded 70% on fourteen days, and 80%
on nine days, the maximum being 98% on September ffh,
Sd. E.B. Wakefield.
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. , Bahrain.