'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎35r] (69/108)

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No. 17 of 1945.
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, for
period 1st to 15th September.
1945.
141. SHIPPING.
Eight ships (two British, three American, one Swedish,
one Dutch, and one Panamanian) called at the port of Bahrain
during the period under report. Imports were 115 tons for
Bahrain and 193 tons for transhipment to the mainland while
exports consisted of 1^ tons general cargo and 53,100 tons
petroleum products.
142. M OVEMENTS, OF OFFICIALS .
(i) Reference paragraph 132(i) of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 16.
The Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , returned
from Habbaniya by air on the 2nd September,
(ii) On the 3rd September Mr. G.W.R. Smith, Director
of Customs, Bahrain, arrived in Bahrain by air. He is to
act for the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain while the
latter is away on leave.
(iii) Reference paragraph 125(ii) of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 15.
On the 6th September 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. arrived
from Bushire by H.M.S."Seabellef.
(iv) On the 7th September Mr. C.D. Belgrave, C.B.E.,
Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, left for Cairo by air.
(v) Reference paragraph 113(ii) of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 14.
Captain R.C. Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial
Coast, arrived from Basra by air.
(vi) Reference paragraph 132(i.i) of Bahrain Intelli
gence Summary No. 16.
On the 15th September His Excellency Field Marshal
Viscount Navell, G.C.B., G.M.S.I., C.M.G., M.C., passed
through Bahrain en route to India.
143 • TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
Reference paragraph 121 of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 14.
The dispute between Abu Dhabi and the Bani Qifcab has
been settled - for how long remains to be seen.
144. U.S.A.T.C .
The .American Base at Sharjah has been closed down
and the American personnel will shortly be leaving Sharjah
in groups with all their equipment, handing over their
empty quarters to the Royal Air Force.
145. PEARLING .'
Reference paragraph 79 of Bahrain intelligence Summary
No. 10.
Pearling has begun again after Ramadan and the greater
part of the fleet left Bahrain on the 10th, 11th, and 12th
September.
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