'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [97r] (193/330)
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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Intelligence Summary of the
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
for the oerio^ 16th to 31st
March 19-14.
Nine shins called at Bahrain lurin;: the period under report.
Five of then were of British Registry, two Noruepian, one American,
and one Panamanian. Imports consisted of 10,285 tons for Bahrain
and 368 tons for Saudi Arabia, mainly Oil Company material,
tons petroleum products and 17 tons f/eneral cargo
exoorts during the neriod.
on aa /'
constituted the
Visitors
*
American Minister in Baghdad accon-
d bv Mr, C. Paul Fletcher the American Consul in Basra arrive
at Bahrain on the 17th in L.T. !, Nearchus ,f . Mr. Henderson called
on His Highness on the l r th and later the same morning -4s Jignne;
returned the Minister’s call at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. After
(i) Mr. Loy W. Henderson the
nanied bv Mr, C
L.T,
!SS
of
calls the Minister and Mr. Fletcher discussed various .topics concern-
the e::chan; e
in c ' American interests and American subjects with the Political
Agent. On the 18th afternoon Mr. Henderson left for uhahran ana
tly
e
returned on the 20th. He paid a second visit to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
sho
after his return from Bhahran but no matters of an official nntu
vjere discussed. Mr. Henderson left for Baghdad by r J.3. aircraft
on the 21?t.
(ii) On the 17th Mr. Alan Muntz a director of Air V/orhs Limited,
Indian National Airways, and Miser Air Corooration arrived by air
from Abadan. Mr. Muntz was interested in persuading ^ the Bahraini
Petroleum Company Limited to start a private air service. - ot^
unnaturally the idea did not commend itself to the management of the
Oil Comoany who are well served by the British Overseas airways
Corporation and the J.S.a.T.C. for external comcnnication while the
dimensions of the Bahrain Islands do not warrant anything: more
speedy than a motor car for internal communication. Hr. Muntz was
hoping to contact Hr. Ohliger of the Arabian American Oil Company
but as that gentleman is at present in the United States he was
unable to do so.
(iii) On the 18 th Air Commodore A.P, Javidson Air Ox dicer Conmandin;
Habbaniyah, arrived from Kabbaniyah and left for Sharjah.; Me. , the
following day. The Air Officer Commanding returned from Sharjah
on the 21st and paid an official visit to His Highness on the morn
ing of the 22nd. The call was returned by his Highness at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
later the same morning and the Air Officer Co rim and in, left
for Habbaniyah on the morning of the Bard.
(iv) On the 2dth Major General Connolly- of the U.8. Army arrived
for a brief visit lasting only three hours. 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.
saw nothing of Major General Connolly as it seems to be customary
for senior Officers Ox" the U.S.Army to acquaint the Bahrain Petro
leum Company Limited with their movements and seldom the Air Liaison
Officer and never the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
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(v) Wing Commander II.C, Parser arrived on the 27th to relieve
Sq/Ldr. W.A. Chase as Air Liaison Officer and Air Force Station
Commander Bahrain. On the 28th 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.
presented the
new Air Liaison Officer to His Highness.
(vi) On the 28th Mr. S.R. Jordan His Majesty’s Minister to Saudi
Arabia accompanied by Mr. Mann the Vice-Consul at Jeddah and Shaihh
Youftuf Yasseen the Foreign Minister of the Saudi Arabian Government
arrived by air from RoCah-al-3arI:i where Ibn Saud is at present in
camp. The party only remained in Bahrain for a period oi an hour
or so and then left by air for Jeddah. 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.
was
only informed of the visit after Mr. Jorvan had actually landed but
he immediately irove to Moha mag airport and was able to have a very
instructive three-quarter of an hour with the Minister.
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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'.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/315
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries'
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- front, front-i, 2r:164v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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