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No» 15 of 1044
Intelligence Sumnary of the
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 Aurust
1944.
132. Shipping
Ten ships called at Bahrain during the period under report.
Three of then were of British registry, five American, and two
Panamanian. The imports consisted of 2,500 tons Oil Company
construction material and 2,673 tons of commercial cargo, the
first shipment to come for some months. There was also a tran
shipment cargo of 308 tons for Saudi Arabia. The exports con
sisted of 20,762 tons petroleum products and 70 tons general
cargo. One ship was still in port at the end of the period.
133- Movements of Officials
(i) Mr. T.E. Rogers, I.C.S., 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 Sharjah
by service aircraft on 7th and returned in the evening of 10th
August.
(ii) Mr. Kafiluddin Ahmed, B.E., C.E., Executive Engineer,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Division, returned from India by air on 1st
August and left for Bushire on 11th August.
134. Visitors •
(l) Vi ce Marshal A. P. Davison, C.B.E., Air Officer Commandin*'*
Iraq, passed through Bahrain on 17th August on his way to Sharjah
wherefrom he returned on the same night. He returned to Baghdad
on 18th August.
On Hth August Mr. C.J. McIntosh, Vice Consul designate
t ^ American Consulate to be opened at Dhahran arrived from
Jedda by sea. He 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. on the 12th.
(iii) On 15th .*ugjist Mr. Parker T. Hart, a second Vice Consul
designate at che new ^imerican Consulate, arrived from Jedda by
air via Cairo and left for Dhahran on 17th. He 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. .
(lv) Mr. J.W. Leas)?, one of the directors of U.K.C.C. in Cairo,
arrived on 15th July and put up at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . He left on 17th
august.
P ara £ ra P*- H9(v) of Intelligence Summary No.13 of 1944.
Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani left for Qatar on
10th nugust after recovering completely from the troubles with
his teeth which wher he arrived in Bahrain over a month ago had
put him in considerable pain and even danger. The Political
Agent had previously called on Shaikh Hamad while he was still
in the American Mission Hospital and found him making a good
recovery. -The call was returned at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The Shaikh
enjoyed a well-attended departure, His Highness Shaikh Salman,
dt • ^ • 5 > ^ er ceadiig; members of his family being present. The
Polltica . xigent also attended the send-off in impromptu fashion
having ^usc.. landed at the jetty from Sharjah by flying boat
gs His Highness party arrived. The recently restored good
relations between Bahrain and Qatar are apparently being cemented
In cordial fashion.
135. Supplies for Bahrain
•i ttu £ u S ust His Highnoss Shaikh Sir Salman bin Hamad
kkalifah, k.C.I.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. to express
nls thanks to the Agnncy and to the Hon’ble 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.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for all ■the help received in bringing in food
and other essential supplies to Bahrain. His Highness said he
realised that he was not entitled by any treaty to claim such
/assistance