'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎68r] (135/174)

SECRET 8
No,19 of 1949,
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
16th to 31st October, 1949,
155c MOVEMENTS OF OFFIC IALS.
(i) Reference paragraph 149 (li) of Summary No.18,
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. returned
to Bahrain on the 23rd.
(ii) Mr, H.G. Jakins left for Kuwait in m.v. T, Dumra M
on the 28th after handing over charge to Mr. J.A.F. Gethin.
!56. VISITOR S.
On the 23rd Shaikh Khalifah, son of the Ruler of
Dubai, arrived in Bahrain from Saudi Arabia where had gone for
pilgrimage. He 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 24th and
left for Dubai by launch on the 25th,
157. ROYAL N AVY .
Reference paragraph 150 of Summary No.18.
H.M.S. ’’Wren" left for Colombo on the 19th and
H.M.S ’'Wild Goose" for Abadan on the 20th.
158. BAHRAIN A FF AIR S.
(i) A1 Khalifah .
His Highness Shaikh Salman feels it incumbent on
him to re turn the visit of the Shaikh of Kuwait and has re
quested the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to obtain the services of one of His Ma
jesty’s ships to take him and his entourage to Kuwait and back
to Bahrain.
kOn the 18th Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa A1 Khalifah,
C.B.E,, senior uncle of His Highness, left for India for medical
treatment to his eyes accompanied by two persons.
(ii) Briti sh Bank of Iran and the Middle E ast.
Mr. Stott of the British Bank of Iran and the
Middle East left Bahrain for El Khobar (Saudi Arabia) to open
a branch of the bank there.
(iii) T rans World Airlines .
T.W.A. are reported to have sold their rupee ba
lances in Bahrain to the Banque de I’Indo Chine who are re
patriating them as pi 1 grims' money.
(iv) Non devaluation o f Pakistan rupee .
Some difficulty has arisen as a result of the
difference between the Indian and the Pakistan rupee. Pa
kistanis holding contracts in unspecified rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. claimed
payment in Pakistani rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Some local firms have refused
on the grounds that they have in the past made no adjustment
in respect of exchange variations for other nationals in their
employment. Others are prepared to pay compensation.
Pakistani ..