'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [‎54r] (107/330)

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No> 15 of
161. ShiflEiUK
Intallijonco Summitry of the
Political .^ent^ Bahrain, for
the period 1st to 15th Auguet 1945*
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,See Appendix to thia Summary.
162. Movements of Qffieials
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(i) Mr. 3.3. Wakefield, I.C.3., 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 Bahrain
by air on the morning of August 10th on tv/c months 1 leave to
Inal-:. Captain M.G.*Dixon ia «actir\.; r9•Political Agent in hia
absence.
(ii) Captain M.P.O'C. Tandy, Political Officer, Trueial Coast,
arrived by air from Sharjah on August 3rd. During Mr• T 7akefiell f r»
~bsonce ho is acting as Assistant 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.
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(iii) I Sc. O.K.Caroa, C.S.I., C.I.E., I.C.S., Secretary to the
External Affail's Department of the Government of India, passed
through Bahrain on the v/estbound flying-boat on August 10th.
(iv) Mrjcr T. Hickinbothan, O.B.3., 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. ,'Kuv;--.it,
passo.I through Bahrain on the westbound flying-boat on August
5th on return from leave in India.
163. Visitors
(i) "Reference paragraph 155(i) of Intelligence Summary No. 14
of 1943. Shaikh Sultan bin Saar, Ruler of Sharjah, returned to
Sharjah by air on Au;>ust 2nd after a fortnights visit to
Bahrain. He was followed by his son, Segar, on August 8th.
(ii) Shaikh Daij bin Kamad al Khalifah, brother of His Highness
the Shaikh of Bahrain, left by air on August 5th on a visit to
Cairo, accompanied by Khalil bin Ibrahim Kanoo, a prominent
Bahrain merchant with business connections in Cairo. He is
expected to be av/ay till the end of Ramadhan.
(iii) Mona. Paul-3oneour, Governor of the French Establishments
in India, passed through Bahrain on the westbound flying-boat on
August 10th.
(iv) Mr. H.V/.Elliott, Director of Transport, M.E.S.C•, Cairo,
arrived from Dhr.hran on August 2nd, having come overland from-
Jeddah via Riyadh. He left for Basrah by air the same day.
(v) Vjt, D.Vesey-Fitzgerald, whose d eparture for Cairo was
recorded in paragraph 133(ii) of Intelligence Summary No. 12 of
1943, passed through Bahrain on the eastbeund flying-boat on^
August 6th en route to Sharjah, where he is pursuing his anti
locust campaign.
(vi) Reference paragraph 155(iv) of Intelligence Summary No.
14 of 1943. Shaikh Khalifah bin Shaikh Said of Dubai returned
to Dubai by air on August 9th.
164. Ec onomic
(i) For seme days during the early part of the period under
report no meat wrs to be had in the Bahrain bazaars. This was
due to cornering of the market by the contractors of the Army,
Navy and R.A.F. and of the Bahrain Petroleum Company. Steps
have been taken to ensure that this does mot occur again, A
contributory cause has been a falling-off in the rate of imports
of livestock from neighbouring countries. The latter has also
- been one of the reasons for a recent increase in the price of
milk from As. 3f to As. 4 per lb. Another cause of this has
been the rise in the price of date stones imported from Iraq,
which are almost the only form of nourishment available for
Bahrain cows and which new cost fts 7 per raaund*
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