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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [64r] (127/206)
The record is made up of 1 file (100 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1948-31 Dec 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Mackenzie
• O • 0 • • o
- 2 -
S nd Mr ‘ ^ a ? cls E : M6ll °y? United States Vice-Consul
at Dhahran, called on 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.
.
Calls were also exchanged between the U.S.
Naval Officers and His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain.
UoS.S. M Siboney M left Bahrain on the 28th
^ugust and the U.S.S. ,, Carpellotti ,, on the 29th.
190. Bi..HR^ IN_ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT .
Summary ( No.ll? ferenCe paragraph 157 (ii) of Intelligence
. Electricity Department is now supplying
ciectricity for the Manager's residence in the new Automatic
hni'?t h w e «r XChane ^ ^ lldl ng and some of the new staff quarters
built by Messrs. Cable and Wireless and has promised to
supply sufficient electricity for the working of the automatic
squired. The supply of electricity for these
installations - as indeed to the public in general - is
conditional, however, upon the continuance in operation of
two generators whose overhaul has been postponed until the
thern h0t WQpther becau se there are no others to replace
q. . i 11 } The contract of Group Captain H.P.G. Leigh, the
State Engineer, is due to expire in September and the Bahrain
Government has been looking for a successor. Mr, Donald
Brammer, formerly of Petroleum Development (Qatar), Limited,
has been engaged as the new State Engineer. Mr. Brammer
recently left for the United Kingdom on short leave and
November Urn Bahrain " to bake U P appointment early in
AUTOM, f iTIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
. , , . TBe new automatic telephone system is due to come
into operation soon, some four years after Messrs. Cable and
I e i? SS flrst put forwar U proposals for its installation
and three years after their terms had been accepted by the
Bahrain Government. ^ Local merchants are now complaining
tBe rentals and some of the regulations bear'too hardly on
thu subscribers and there is talk of boycotting the new
system. ^
192, M ANnMA H VL.TER SUPPLY
. Messrs. Holloway Brothers are still at work on
tne installation of a water supply system for the town of
Manamah and there is no sign yet of their completing it.
n a notice dated the 20th November 1946, the Government of
Bahrain gave March, 1948, as the date on which they expected
the scheme to be completed.
1.93. LANDING,ARRAN GEMENTS .
x. _ Reference paragraph 156 of Intelligence Summary
On the 22nd His Highness Shaikh Salman presided
over a meeting of local merchants and representatives of
the landing companies to discuss a demand by Messrs. Gray,
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The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain for the year 1948. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Each report is numbered from 1 to 24 and covers a two week period.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:
- shipping;
- visits of British and foreign notables;
- economic and commercial matters, including the pearling industry;
- local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- the work of third parties in the region, such as the Bahrain Petroleum Company, Gray, Mackenzie and Co., and Petroleum Concessions Limited;
- labour matters, especially strikes and unrest;
- local reaction to international events such as the end of the British Mandate in Palestine and the death of Mohandas Gandhi;
- the activities of the Royal Navy;
- the supply of electricity, water and telecommunications;
- aviation;
- the work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit;
- the traffic of slaves;
- quarantine and medical matters;
- weather and meteorological data.
The final page of the final report appears to be missing.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (100 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/319
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:102v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence