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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain,
for the period 1st to 15th
Juno 1944.
Nine British and six American ships called at Bahrain
during the period under report and discharged 14,885 tons of
cargo for Bahrain and 20 tons for Saudi Arabia. They lifted
a cargo of 2 8,662 tons petroleum products and 1S9 tons general
and miscellaneous goods. Four ships are still in port on the
16th.
103 . Movements of Officials
(i) On the 2nd Mr. G. N. Jackson, I.P.3., arrived by air
from Karachi and left Bor Basrah on the 5th.
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(ii) On the 4th Mr. T.E. Rogers, I.C.S., arrived from Sharjah
and took over from Mr. H.M. Hadow, I.C.S., as Assistant Poli
tical Agent on the 7th.
(iii) Mr. R. M. Hadow, I.C.S, Political Officer Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
left for Sharjah on the 9th.
Civ) Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaak, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent Sharjah,
arrived for consultation with 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. on the 11th
and accompanied 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. to Qatar on the afternoon of
the 15th,
(v) 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. left for Qatar on tour on the after
noon of the 15th
’Vi) Captain C.A.R. Shillington, V.D., R.N.V.R., Naval Officer
in. Charge, Bahrain, left for Basrah on the 11th and returned
on the 14th,’
104. Visi tors
'i) On the 2nd Major MacGauf of the U.S. Army who has been
attached to the Anti-Locust Mission called at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and
stated that he was leaving the following day for Cairo after
a somewhat belated but very successful campaign in Northern Nejd.
,‘ii) Reference rara^ra-oh 86 (vii) of Intelligence Summary No.10
of 1944.
Rev. D. Dykstra of the American Arabian Mission left for
Basrah on the 4th.
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(iii) On the 3rd Mr. Eugene Seaholm of the War Shipping Admini
stration of the U.S. Government called on 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.
c-nd discussed various matters concerning the unloading of American
ships both here and at Ras Tanurah.
(iv) On the 9th Lieut.- General Sir Arthur Sinith, K.B.E., C.B.,
J.SoO., M.Cf, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Persia and
Iraq, accompanied by Brigadier L. Foot, Colonel Hatch, and Major
G.R. Brook; arrived by air from Baghdad. The General Officer
Commanding in Chief inspected various military formations on the
9tli and 10' h and exchanged, calls with His Highness the Shaikh on
the latter date. On the 11th the General Officer-Commanding in •
Chief accompanied by 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. inspected the American
Arabian Mi sion hospital and later left for Bushire by air.
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