'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Report' [‎57r] (113/154)

SECRET.
No. 20 OF 1947.
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD 16TH TO 31ST
OCTOBER v 1947.
220. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) On the 24th Captain R.J.R. Dendy, R.N., Senior
Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , arrived in Bahrain on board
H.M.S. "Loch Glen Dhu". He left for Colombo by air on the
28th.
(ii) On the 23rd October, 1947, M^- H.S. Walters-of
the Ministry of Works, Cairo, arrived in Bahrain by air.
(iii) On the 29th Dr. R.H.B. Snow,State Medical Officer,
Bahrain, returned from the United Kingdom on expiry of his
leave and resumed charge of his post.
221. VISITORS .
(i) Reference paragraph 210(11) of intelligence
Summary No. 19.
Mr. H. Weightman returned to Bahrain from Saudi
Arabia by air on the 21st. He left for Kuwait by S.3. “DtMRA"
on the 26th.
(ii) Reference paragraph 24(i) of Intelligence Summary
No. 3.
On the 17th Shaikh Said bin Maktum, 0.B«E., Ruler
of Dubai, accompanied by his nephews Obaid bin Jurah and Hamad
bin Jumah, arrived at Bahrain in his launch. 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. at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on the 13th, and had an
interview with the Hon'ble 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. on the^20th.
Shaikh Said, accompanied by his brother, Shaikh Jurna'h bin
Maktum, 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 22nd and again ^
on the 27th^ They both left for Dubai on the 29th after calling
on 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. the previous day 0
222. CALLS .
On the 27th 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. book Captain R.J.R.
Dendy, R.N., Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to call on
His Highness the Ruler at his palace at Rafa’a.
223. THE BAHRAIN PETRO LEUM COMPANY .
(i) Mr. D.J. Hanna, Vice-president of^the Bahrain petro
leum Company, accompanied by Mrs. Hanna, arrived in Bahrain
during the period under review. Mr. Hanna presented His High
ness the Ruler with a new car on behalf of his Company.
*(ii) Mr. Andrew Neilson, Vice-president of the Overseas
Tankship Corporation, paid a short visit to Bahrain from Beirut
during the fortnight.
224. LOCAL A FFAIRS .
(i) Id-ul-Haj. The ’Id this year fell on the 24th of
October. The Hon J T5le 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. and the Political
Agent called on His H-^hness the Ruler of Bahrain at his palace
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