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BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE 313T®£ARY FOR PERIOD
. 10fH TO 31ST JULY, 1947.
148. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) On the 16th afternoon Mr. G.N. Jackson, ,M.3.E. ,•
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. , Bahrain, took over as Political
Agent, Bahrain, in addition to his own duties, from Mr.
C.J. Pelly, 0.3.E,, I.C.S.
(ii) On the 18th Mr. C.J. Pelly, *0.B.E., I.C.S. ,
. left by. air for the United Kingdom on leave.
(iii) Reference paragraph U9.(iii) of Intelligence
.....Summary No. 11. . .
On the 22nd Major H.D.H. Ranee returned from-
leave, and, assumed charge as 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, on
the following day,
(iv) On the-30th Major A.C. Stewart, O.B.E., Poli
tical Agent, MUsc.it, arrived in Bahrain on return from-
leave en route for Muscat.
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1 49. CALLS .
On the 23th Major H..D.H. Ranee, Political
Agent, Bahrain, called on His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman
bin Hamad A1 Khalifah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain, at his
palace In Qudhaib .yah.
150. CABLE & WIRELESS CONCESSION .
Reference paragraph 143(ii) of intelligence
Summary. No. 13.
On the 28th, a concession agreement granting
to Messrs. Cable Tc Wireless, Limited, licence and per
mission to establish and operate tele-communication and
public telephone services in the territories of His
Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain for a period of twenty
years was signed by His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman bin
Hamad Al Khalifah, K.C.I.E., as head of the Government of
Bahrain, and Mr. C.G. Gott on behalf of Messrs. Cable &
Wireless, Limited, in the presence of 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. .
151. ETHYL . ,
On the 21st July, Messrs. Wm. M. Robertson
and A.L. Wheeler of the Associated Ethyl Company, Limited,
London, 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. . They were accom
panied by Mr. G. Cessford of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company,
Limited, Abadan. The purpose of their visit is to examine
various places in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. with a view to obtaining
a concession for she manufacture of Tetra-E.thyl-lead and the
recovery of bromine from sea water.
152. TRUCIAL COAS T.
(i) On the 24th June, Shaikh Obaid bin Juma, Chief
of the Beni Kaab tribe, arrived in Dubai and visited Sharjah
on the 26th. He returned to Sharjah on the 29th from Ajman
where he had gone the previous day. While in Sharjah, Shaikh
Obaid had discussions with'the chief of the Beni Qitab and
finally settled certain outstanding matters concerning the
looting of camels and theft of rifles..
/(ii) On the