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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [‎37r] (73/330)

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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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No. 10 of 1943
109* Shipping
Intelligenoe Summary of 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. , Bahrain, for
the period 16th to 31st May 1943
See Appendix to this Summary
110. Movements of Officials
(i) Captain Tandy, Political Officer, Trueiel Coast, arrived
by air on May 26th and returned to Sharjah on May 31st.
(ii) Mr, R.G. Daubeny arrived by air frtm Jiwani on May 27th
and left by air for Basrah on May 31st. He was making his v/ay
by the quickest means possible to Bushire where he will take
over charge of the post of Secretary to the Honourable the
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. .
(iii) Captain P, Nicholson, Vice-Consul, Bushire, arrived
by sea from Bushire on May 29th.
(iv) Major F.C.L. Chaunty, who was travelling by sea from
Khorramshahr to India, spent a day in Bahrain on May 30th.
111. Visitors
(i) Brigadier Broad, R.A., arrived on May 29th.
(ii) Shaikh Juma bin Maktum, brother of the Ruler of Dubai,
arrived by air on May 21st, He brought his son with him for
treatment at the Mission Hospital,
112. Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Government are at last taking practical steps to
stop soMe of the abuses by which their customs administration
in Hasa has, until recently, been characterised. Launches now
patrol the coast and inspect out-going dhows to see that food
stuffs are not being smuggled out of the country; and condign
punishment has been meted out to certain Customs and Police
officers who were proved (more or less) to have raided and
abetted the activities of illicit exporters. The offenders
are being marched from place to place and paraded in chains,
with their faces blackened, and bearing a placard explaining
uhe nature of their crimes. Their march, and probably their
lives, will terminate in a dungeon at Hofuf •
1^3. American interests
Brigadier-General Patrick Hurley, President Roosevelt’s
Personal Representative in the Middle Bast, arrived in Bahrain
on^May 23rd in a United States Army aircraft *nd left for the
mainland the following day. He was on his way to Riyadh to see
King Ibn 3aud.
114. Currency
(i) The price of sovereigns remained steady at Ps 62/-
throughout the month of May.
(ii) There are now almost no silver rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. left in Bahrain.
These that do remain are in the hands of pearl merchants, who
require them for making purchases of pearls at the pearling
banks.
115. Captured Italian guns for His Highriess the Shaikh
Reference paragraph 35 of Intelligence Summary No. 3 of
1943 in which was reported the arrival at Bahrain of the two
Italian 105 m.m, field guns promised to the Shaikh of Bahrain
by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.
Cn /-

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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:

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'.

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1 file (163 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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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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