'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [‎27r] (53/330)

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IntGlli-once Summary of the
Political Agents Bahrain, for
the period 1st to 15th April 1943.
No. 7 of 1943
81, Shipping
See Appendix to this Summary
82. Movements of Officials
(i) The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Prior, 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 Salalah
on April 4th. He returned on April 9th ahd left the following
day for Bushire by L.T. '’Nearchus”• He was accompanied on the
return journey by Mr. Jackson, formerly Assistant Political
Agent, Muscat,
(ii) 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. had intended to visit the Trucial
Coast during the period under report but succumbed to an attack of
amoebic dysentery. His movements were therefore only local.
83. Visitors
(i) Mr. Alexander Kirk, United States Minister to Egypt,
arrived in Bahrain by air on April 6th and crossed to the mainland
the same day en route to Riyadh. He returned to Bahrain on April
12th and, after spending the night at Awali as the guest of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company, left for Cairo by air the following da#.
(ii) Mr. Chaplin, Second Secretary, H.M f s Embassy, Baghdad,
and Mr. Fritzlan, United Spates Vice-Consul in Basrah, arrived in
Bahrain by H.T. ’‘Resang* 1 on the morning of April 7th and left in
the afternoon of the same day.
84. Food Supplies
(i) Cereals , The final shipment of rice from Calcutta, which
has been anxiously awaited for many w G eks, arrived on April 1st.
After deduction of%Saudi Arabians share of the consignment, less
than 5000 bags (sufficient for three weeks) remained for local con
sumption. A shipment of wheat also arrived during the period
under report, and it is hoped that by the end of the month stocks
of cereals will be sufficient to enable the pearling fleet to pro
vision itself for the season's operations.
(ii) Dates . One or two boatloads of dates arrived from Basrah
during the period under report, but weather conditions continued
to be unfavourable and it has not yet been possible to accumulate
stocks of dates sufficient in quantity to meet the requirements
of the pearling fleet.
85• American interests
"The rich Bahrain Islands, which dominate the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
have been occupied by America".
This was the statement made on April 14th by a Berlin
broadcaster who was adducing evidence in proof of his thesis that
Britain, by engaging herself unnecessarily in the "War of the
Polish Corridor", had lost to America,her position of political
and commercial supremacy in the Middle and Far East.
86, Meteorological
Maximum temperature ... 85.8^ on April 14th
Minimum temperature ... 59.1 on April 5th
Humidity exceeded 90% on four days and never went below 80%
during the period under report.
Rainfall 0.03"
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