'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎15r] (29/108)

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No. 7 of 1945.
SECRET.
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 April% 1945 »
48. SHIPPING.
Eleven ships called at Bahrain during the period under
report. Four of them were of British registry, five American,
one Norwegian, and one Panamanian. The imports were 543 tons
general cargo for Bahrain and 65 tons for transhipment to Saudi
Arabia. The exports consisted of 16 tons general cargo and
1,14,200 tons petroleum products.
49. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) On the 1st April Captain M.P.O'C. Tandy, political
Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , arrived by air from Sharjah, and left
on the 8th April by air for Basra en route to Kuwait.
(ii) On the 3rd April captain R.C. Murphy, Political
Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. designate, arrived in Bahrain from India.
50. C ABLE & WIRELESS LIMITED .
Mr. F*.L. Thornton, Divisional Manager, Cable and nireless,
Limited, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Section, left Bahrain on the 12th April for
^ Karachi by air.
51. DEATH OF PRESIDENT jROOSBVELT .
The news of the death of president Roosevelt was
received by Bahrainis with the fatalism of Orientals, nowhere
as marked as in references to death. Some perception of his
greatness was discernible.
52. SCHOOL SPORTS .
The Bahrain Inter-School Sports were held on the 5th
April. They contained many open events. Among the success
ful competitors were representatives of the Royal Navy and the
United States Army Transport Corps none of whom could be des
cribed as schoolboys.
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53. VISITS TO LOCAL INSTITUTIONS .
C.J. Pelly, Esq., O.B.E., 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. ,
Bahrain, visited the Bahrain Government schools. Technical
""V* - School and'Hospital and the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Hospital during the fort
night under report.
54. METEOROLOGICAL.
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
Maximum humidity
Minimum humidity
Rainfall ...
83°F. on 14th April.
61°F. on 1st April.
95# on 11th April.
59# on 1st April.
0.20 inch£.
Sd./- C.J. PELLY,
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
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