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No. 16 of 1945.
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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
period 15th to 31st August, 1945 ,
131. SHIPPING .
Eleven ships called at Bahrain during the period
under report. Seven of them were of British registry, 3
American and 1 Norwegian. Imports consisted of 2,122 tons
general cargo for Bahrain and 135-g- tons for transhipment
to the mainland while exports were 1,05,300 tons petroleum
products.
132. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS.
(i) Reference paragraph 125(i) of Bahrain Intelli
gence Summary No. 15.
On the 13th August Commodore I.w. Whitehorn,
Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , returned from Bushire
in H.M.S. "Seabelle" and on the 26th August left for
Habbaniya by special aircraft.
(ii) On the 25th August His Excellency Field Marshal
Viscount Wavell, G.C.B., G.M.S.I., C.M.G., M.C., passed
through Bahrain en route to the United Kingdom.
133. VISITORS .
Mr. H. Tooke of the Colonial Office passed through
en route to Colombo to assist in the evacuation of civilian
internees from Malaya. The plane he was in, an R.A.F. York,
made a forced landing at Muharraq where he had been for three
days trying to secure onward transportation.
134. V.J 9 DAY CELEBRATIONS.
The announcement on the evening of the 15th August
came as somewhat of an anti-climax to that of V-S Day
three months previously. Celebrations were more reserved
and the inevitable lassitude engendered by the month of
Ramadhan undoubtedly played its part.
Flags were flown on all public buildings but those
on private houses and even barasti' huts were less conspi
cuous than on V-E Day. The 16th, 17th, 19th and 20th
August were observed as public holidays. On the 17th
August, the 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. received local notables
after sunset in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. garden and on the 20th August
a reception was given for the British and American community.
135. THEFT IN BAPCO STORE .
Reference paragraph 127 of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 15.
Minnick left for India'on the 26th August.
136. AMERICAN SURVEY PARTY .
Reference paragraph 128 of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 15.
The furthest point aimed at along the Abu Dhabi-
Qatar boundary by the American Survey Party was Cape Hazra.
Local opinion on the Trucial coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. has it that
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