'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940' [‎63r] (130/376)

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!?• Local Affairs
Major Price and Wing Commander Jope-Slade made a
survey of the defence requirements at Bahrain, and a meeting
-was held to discuss the matter in conjunction with representa
tives of the Oil Company. I also discussed defence matters
with them at Sharjah.
18. Foreign Interests
(i) Reference paragraph 113 of my Intelligence Summary
No. 17 of 1938.
ing firm of Johann Schlinz of Bremen returned to Bahrain on
the 19th January and left on the 26th January 1939.
(ii) Mr. Gustav Farbstein (Swiss) of Messrs. N.V. Vers-
chure^ Creameries, Rotterdam, arrived in Bahrain on the 31st
January 1939.
19. Airways
Two French Air Force aeroplanes arrived here on the
19th January and left on t e 20th January 1939 for Saigon.
20. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(i) The Shaikhs of Sharjah and Has al Khaimah are trying
to persuade the other Rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. feo enter
into an alliance against t lose inland tribes who refuse to
recognise the authority of their respective Shaikhs. The
Shaikh of Has al Khaimah drew up an agreement and desired
the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Sharjah, to assist him in getting the
various Rulers to recognise that such an agreement was to
their advantage. He was told that provided the agreement
did not in any way interfere with the Shaikhs* treaties
with the British Government he could seek the co-operation
of the other Shaikhs ? who would willingly do so if they saw
it was to their advantage without persuasion from us.
(ii) Petroleum Concessions Limited have secured a 75
year concession from the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi.
21. Meteorological
Maximum temperature •• 74.2° on the 27th and 28th January
Minimum temperrture •• 50.8° on the 22nd January
Humidity exceeded 70% on 15 days, the maximum being
93% on the 17th January
Rainfall .. 0.17** on the 17th January.
Herr Heinrich Reisinger of the importing and export-
Bahrain,
11th February 1939
8d/- H. Weightman.
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.
Attested
Captain,
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.
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