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SECRET .
No. 5 of 1945.
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 March 1945 .
36 • SHIPPING .
Twelve ships called at Bahrain during the period under report.
Five of them were of British registry, three American, two Panamanian
and two Norwegian. The imports were 1,737 tons general cargo for
Bahrain and 606 tons for transhipment to Saudi Arabia. The exports
consisted of 162 tons general cargo and 39,950 tons petroleum
products.
37. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
On the 6th the Hon r ble Sir Geoffrey prior, K.C.I.E.,
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. , accompanied by Major
T. Hickinbotham, C.I.E., O.B.E., 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 and
Mr. G. Talia, Broadcasting Officer, left by air for Sharjah. The
party returned to Bahrain on the 8th after having carried out a
brief tour of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
33 . VISITO RS. t
(i) On the 3rd of March the Rev. R.N* Sharp of the church
Missionary Society arrived from Shiraz and after inspecting sites
for the projected Church building left for the United Kingdom on
the 4th.
(ii) On the 10th Major Gee of the Ministry of information,
Middle East, arrived to examine the possibility of printing and
publishing a newspaper. As a result of the visit which terminated
on the 13th it is hoped that a printing press with an adequate
staff can be made available from Middle East sources and that with
the co-operation of the Bahrain Government it will be possible to
resume publication of a newspaper which will appeal to the Gulf as
a whole.
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(iii) On the 10th Mr. J.H. MacGaregill a Director of the
Standard Oil Company of California, Mr. C.E. Olmsted a Director
of the Texas Corporation, Mr. E.A. Skinner Resident of the
American Overseas Oil company, Mr. Fred Davi^ President of the
Arabian American Oil company, and Mr. H.M. Herron president of
the Bahrain petroleum Company arrived in Bahrain from Dhahran.
After spending approximately a week inspecting the Bahrain
Petroleum Company installations and discussing matters of general
interest with the officials of that Com*pany they left on the 16th
for Abadan where it is understood they will inspect the largest
refinery in the world.
(iv) On the 13th the Rt. Rev. 7 r .H. Stewart, D.D., Anglican
Bishop in Jerusalem arrived by air and after holding a service
on the 15th left for Palestine on the 16th.
(v) On the 15th His Grace the Duke of Devonshire,
parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, arrived
by air from Burma and left the following day for Cairo.
(vi) On the 9th at the urgent request of the Acting
Consul-General, Basrah, 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. met Sir Ronald Storrs
on the aerodrome. It transpired that Sir Ronald was going to
India and wished a telegram to be sent to the Government of
Sind acquainting them with the fact.
39. MURDER AT ABU DHABI.
Reference paragraph 27 of Intelligence Summary No. 3 of
1945.
The accused Khamis bin Abdulla an-Nubi was adjudged guilty
by the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi on the 9th March of the murder of
Roopchand Permanand and was by the Shaikh's orders put to death
in the same manner as he had killed his victim,
40. KAISER-I-HIND MEDAL .
On the 4th 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