'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [‎113r] (225/330)

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8 ? h shaikh Mohammed bin Isa A1 Khalifah the senior
uncle of His Highness the Ruler left by air for Cairo via Beirut*
Snaikh Mohammed will spend two or three days in Beirut visiting
two of his sons who are being educated at the American University.
p 10 visit to Cairo has no political significance whatsoever
as it has been customary for some years past for Shaikh Mohammed
to spend the hotter months of the summer in Cairo*
(vi) Reference paragraph 86(ix) of Intelligence Summary No.10
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Mr. Ward P. Anderson the General Manager of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company returned from Tehran and left again for Tehran
on the 15th. The purpose of this second visit to Tehran is the
same as on the occasion of his last visit.
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(vii) Reference paragraph 86(x) of Intelligence Summary No.10 of
1944 •
Mr. Lloyd N. Hamilton l©£t for the United States on the 1st
of June and Hr. Russell M. Brown the Assistant General Manager of
the Bahrain Petroleum Company left for the United States on the
5th of Juneo
(viii) Mr. RcA*R. Weiland the Station Manager of the British
Overseas Airways Corporation left for Karachi on sick leave and
has been relieved by Mr. H. L. Pointer.
(ix) On the 12th Lieutenant Colonel G.L. Collard, I.W.T. Basrah,
arrived by air for consultations with Messrs. Gray Mackenzie &
Co., Ltd., with regard to the Ras Tanurah project.
On the 14th Mr. J.L. Battey, and Mr. V/. Meikle of Messrs.
Gray Mackenzie & Co., Ltd., accompanied by Lt. Col. G.L.Collard
left for Dhahran.
(x) Air Vice-Marshal C.A. Stevens, M.C., arrived on the 15th
and left the same day by air to India.
105. Labour
Reference paragraph Ho.100 of Intelligence Summary Ho.10
of 1944.
On the 1st of June 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. presided at a meeting
of the Senior Officers of the Services and the heads of the prin
cipal business houses in Bahrain* The meeting was called to
discuss the very serious shortage of labour and to consider means
by which the shortage could be remedied. It was generally agreed
that all the employable labour was being employed and that it
would be unwise to interfere with the economic life of the country
by attempting to curtail further the number of persons engaged in
this yea^s pearling. It was decided to endeavour to recruit
labour from Iraq hh or Persia and it was understood that the
Bahraiu Government would probably raise no objection provided
suitable guarantees were given with regard to rationing, housing,
and the repatriation of "fbreign" labour.
106. King r s Birthday
'In accordance with instructions no ceremonies were held on
King^ Birthday on the 8th but the flagstaff was decorated.
General pleasure was evinced at the award to Dr. Paul W.
Harrison of the American Arabian Mission by His Majesty the King
of the Kaiser-i-^Hind medal in Gold in recognition of his long
and devoted service to the peoples of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
107. S hipping Spa ce
The shortage of shipping space has seriously affected the
economic life of the Islands. Tea and sugar quotas have not
come forward from India for some time and no steamer has brought