'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎54r] (107/206)

No.1 2 of 1948 .
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
1st to 31st July, 1948.
163. M OVEMENTS OF OFFICIA LS.
(i) On the 1st Lt. Col. W.J. Moody, Medical Adviser
to His Excellency 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. , left by air for
Kuwait and returned to Bahrain on the 3rd.
(ii) On the 2nd His Excellency 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.
left for Muscat in H.M.S, "Wild Goose". He returned to
Bahrain in H.M.S. "Wild Goose" on the 10th.
(iii) On the 15th 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. left for Sharjah
by R.A.F. ’plane. He returned to Bahrain in H.M.S. "Wren"
on the 25th.
(iv) On the 15th Air Vice Marshal Gray, Air Officer
Commanding, Iraq Command, arrived in Sharjah by air and
left the following day.
(v) On the 17th Mr. R.Mc Andrew, 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. ,
Kuwait, arrived in Bahrain by air from Kuwait. He left
by launch for Kuwait on the 19th.
(vi) On the 24th Lt. Col. A.C. Galloway, C.I.E.,
O.B.E., arrived in Bahrain to officiate as 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.
during Sir Rupert Hay’s absence on leave.
(vii) On the 25th His Excellency Sir Rupert Hay, K.C.I.E.,
C.S.I., 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , left Bahrain by
Skymaster aircraft for the United Kingdom. He was accompanied
by Miss Hay, They were seen off at the Muharraq aerodrome
by Col. Galloway, 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. , and 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. .
(viii) On the 25th Dr. Grant, the new Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon and
Quarantine Medical Officer, arrived in Bahrain by air from
the United Kingdom.
164. VIS IT ORS .
On the 4th Shaikh Hazza bin Sultan bin Zayid,
brother of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, arrived in Bahrain on a
visit to His Highness Shaikh Salman. He was accompanied
by his maternal uncle Hamad bin Buti. They left Bahrain
for Abu Dhabi by launch towards the end of the month.
165. C ALLS .
(i) On the 8th and again on the 11th Shaikh Hazza bin
Sultan 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. at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . He
discussed at length the politics of Abu Dhabi including its
recent "war" with Dubai and stressed the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi’s
claim to Umm Said in Qatar territory - a claim which has even
less basis than that of Persia to Bahrain.
(ii) On the 15th Shaikh Hazza called on the Political
Resident at Jufair.
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