'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎44r] (87/108)

SECRET .
No. 21 of 1945.
173. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) Reference paragraph 166(iv) of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 20.
On the 1st November the Ron'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 members of his staff left on the L.T. "Nearchus" for Bushire
(ii) On the 6th November Mr. C.J. Polly, O.B.E.,
Secretary-designate to 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, left by H.M.S. "Seabelle" for Bushire.
(iii) On the 6th November Commodore I. 1 /. Vhitehorn, R.N.,
Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , left Bahrain by H.M.S.
"Seabelle", returning on the 11th November.
_ . ( iv ) On the 12th November, Captain R.C. Murphy, political
Oificer, 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 Basra.
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 1st to 15th November, 1945.
!74. CALLS .
(i) Reference paragraph 173(i) above. His Highness
the Ruler of Bahrain called on the Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey prior
before his departure.
(ii) Reference paragraph 173(-ii) above.
. . Mr.C.J. Pelly, O.B.E., paid a private farewell
visit to His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain on the 6th November.
(iii) Lt-Col. A.C. Galloway, O.B.E., 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. ,
Bahrain, accompanied by Captain R.E.R. Bird, 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. , and 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. , called on His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman bin
Hamad al Khalifah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Rashid
bin Mohammed al Khalifah, father-in-law of His Highness Shaikh
Hamad, the late Ruler of Bahrain, and numbers of Bahraini,
Saudi and Persian merchants, the occasion being »ID UL DHUHA.
175. VISITORS .
Mr. H.L. Barman, Deputy Assistant Director-General,
Administration, and Major General Sir John Drummond Inglis,
Personal Assistant to the Director-General, called on 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. on the afternoon of the 4th November when
they were returning to England from a visit to Singapore.
176. B RITISH POLICE .
Inspector Crowe resigned his appointment under the
Bahrain Government and left for England on the 12th of
November. Sergeant Cochrane has been promoted temporarily
to act as Deputy Superintendent of Police.
177. TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. - DURAI.
The Shaikh of Dubai is considering the purchase of an
electric power plant and in addition to lighting wishes to
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