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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [35r] (69/330)
The record is made up of 1 file (163 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1943-31 Dec 1944. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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His Highness Shaikh Salman was also deeply impressed by the
dignity, sincerity and simplicity both of His Majesty the
King*s message to Mr. Winston Churchill and of the latter's
reply. This exchange of messages on a historic occasion
appealed to Shaikh Salman as being perfectly expressive of the
relations which should ideally exisn between a great King and
his trusted Prime Minister,
106. Bahrain Petroleum Company
The General Manager of the iUiglo-Iranian Oil Company
at Abadan recently addressed a circular to British employees
saying that he had been trying to arrange passages for persons
desiring to take leave in the United Kingdom, and asked
addressees to put in their claims so that a "Priority List"
might be prepared. He took care to state that passages had
not yet been officially authorised, and that applications
were only being invited so that, if a few passages were
authorised at some time in the future, there would be no delay
in taking advantage of the concession. British employees of
the Bahrain Petroleum Company soon heard about this circular,
and the rumour went round that A.I, ).C. employees were being
allowed home leave. Excitement was uncontrolled and jealousy
intense. Steps were taken, as soon as the real contents of
the A.I.O.C. circular had been ascertained, to give publicity
to the true facts; and indignant visitors to the Political
Agent were told that, though no A.I/J.C. personnel had yet
been allowed home leave, he sincere .y hoped they would be
since this would strengthen the cla m of BAPCO personnel.
The excitement has now died down, bit the temporary stir
is an index of the intensity of feeding which canbe generated
on this subject if employees feel that they are not being
given a square deal. It will not bpossible to "hold down"
British employees, who are already jealous of the leave facili
ties enjoyed by Americans and Canadians, if they are not given
treatment at least equally favourab .e to that accorded to
A.I.O.C. employees.
107. Locusts
Ibn Gaud has discovered hoppers near Riyadh
Maxwell-Darling has been sent an urgent summons to
them.
108.M eteorological
105.1
. on May 12th.
72,9 on May 2nd.
Maximum temperature •
Minimum temperature •
Humidity exceeded 80% on eight de/s, the maximum
93% on May 12th. Conditions c.i this day (May
were insufferable.
Sd/- E. B.
and Mr.
deal with
being
12th)
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.
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The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain for the years 1943-44. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Each report covers a two week period.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject, often closely connected to the Second World War. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:
- international shipping and the activities of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and commercial transport companies such as Imperial Airways Limited;
- the movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables;
- local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar (particularly Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ), Persia [Iran], and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- economic matters and food supplies;
- the activities of the oil companies;
- War funds;
- defence matters;
- smuggling of gold and arms and the traffic of slaves;
- American interests;
- meteorological information;
- locusts;
- medical matters.
Appended to most reports is a table containing shipping data.
Written by hand on the cover of the file is: 'Destroy, but retain '44 summaries'.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (163 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 165; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-73; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/315
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:164v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence