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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [96r] (191/206)
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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a-bout 50 of the local employees^ Tha school Is well
. run <h©ugh its object is not generally 'social uplift' 9
but to make the employees more useful to the Company.
* 266 0 A UTOMATIC TELEPHONES „
Reference paragraph 228 of Intelligence
Summary No 0 17.
The Adviser to the Bahrain Government has
written to the Manager of Messrs. Cable and Wireless
and informed him that so long as the company insist on
maintaining those clauses in the subscribers' agreement
to which there has been objection neither His Highness
nor the other Arab subscribers are prepared to sign the
agreement.
The main point at issue seems to be that of
a high tariff with an unlimited number of calls to be
allowed each subscriber versus a low tariff with a limited
number of calls. The company maintain that a high tariff
would mean fewer subscribers but His Highness and the other
Arab subscribers do not agree with this view and want calls
to be unlimited.
267. B RITISH COUNCI L.
Some months ago, the British Council allocated
a small sum of money for subventior - for local educational
organisations. After consulting t.ie local educational-
authorities, the British Council were asked to provide sets
of physiology and biology wall charts, travel association
poster#, and photographs and charts of British agriculture,
. industry and commerce. These have recently been received
here and have been distributed to the schools concerned.
268 , WAT ER CONSURVi.TION .
His Highness and the ndviscr to the. Bahrain
Gov.rnment have often expressed their concern at the great
wastage of water that tak-..s place from the uneconomical
sinking of wells and have in several instances made this
the reason for holding up or refusing the sinking of new
wells by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, alleging that this
would result in the drying up of other wells in the vicinity.
The Company have now pointed out that they were recently
consulted by His Highness about the sinking of a new well
in the property of one of the A1 Khalifah and that though
they advised against it on the grounds that the property
could be easily supplied with water from other wells in
the area and that a new well would supply a quantity of
water far in excess of that required for the property,
His Highness insisted on the sinking of a new well. The
Political A r -ent is addressing the Shaikh on the matter
269. QATiiR .
Naim bin Vifadiva .
Reference paragraph 236 of Intelligence
Summary No.17.
Saleh i>l Mani' , Secretary to His Excellency
the Ruler of Qatar, (to whom 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.
spoke
when
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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.
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- 1 file (100 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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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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- 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