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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [8r] (15/108)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1945-31 Dec 1945. 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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SECRET
No.3 of 1945
20. SHIPPING
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 period 1st to 15th Febru-
ary 1945.
Ten ships called At Bahrain during the period under
report. Five of these were of British registry, three
American, and two Norwegian. The imports were 266 tons
general cargo for Bahrain and 54 tons for transhipment to
Saudi Arabia. The exports consisted of 112 tons general
cargo and 81,600 tons petroleum products.
21. Movements of Officials
Captain M.P.0 f C. Tandy, 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, left for Sharjah on the 4th and went to India on
the 12th. During the time that he was at Sharjah
Captain Tandy visited the Shaikhs of Dubai, Sharjah, and
Ras-al-Khaimah.
paragraph No.l3(i) of Intelligence Summary
22. Visitors
(i) Reference
No.2 of 1945.
Mr. E.A. Skinner left for Cairo via Basra on the 7th.
It is understood that Mr. Skinner invited Major F. Holmes
of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Oil Company to meet
him in Basra.
(ii) 0n^ the 3rd His Excellency Sir Reginald Dorman Smith, G.B.E.,
accompanied by Mr. Hughes his personal secretary, arrived from
India and departed the following day for London.
(iii) On the 15th Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Courtney, G.B.E.,
C<B.* D.S.O., accompanied by Air Commodore Manning arrived from
Iraq and went on to India the following day.
(iv) On the 5th Mr. D. Ham the Manager of the Eastern Bank Ltd.,
left for short leave in India;
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23. Calls
On the 4th 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.
introduced captain R.E.R.
Bird, Political Officer
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, to His Highness the
Shaikh on his arrival from Sharjah.
24. Royal Air Force
(I) Bahrain
During the period under review Air Commodore Oliver accom
panied by rather more than twenty experts made a survey of
the new Royal Air Force commitments on Muharraq Island and
informed 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.
that it was probable that the
personnel of the Royal Air Force at Muharraq would be increased
by a further six hundred men'during the summer. The progress
with the laying of pierced steel sheeting alongside the runways
has been satisfactory and it is understood that very shortly
a firm of Palestinian contractors will be commencing work on
the laying of pierced steel sheeting on a bitumen and sand
foundation on the main runways themselves.
(ii) Sharjah
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.
has been informed that it is proposed
to double the present accommodation at Sharjah but no additional
land will be required.
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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 year 1945. 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 is numbered from 1 to 24 and 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:
- shipping;
- the movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables;
- local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the wider Middle East;
- economic matters and food supplies;
- Bahrain Petroleum Company and other matters of oil;
- a visit to Bahrain of the Indian Film Unit;
- the Bahrain ruling family;
- the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit;
- workers' strikes in Bahrain;
- local crime;
- regional boundary disputes;
- weather and meteorological data.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
- Arrangement
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 54; 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 2-13; 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/15/2/316
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:53v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence