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The following is a summary* of events in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for February, 1947.
GENERAL . During the month the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
has been visited by the, C-in-C East Indies for the first
time since 1938. Admiral and lady Paldiser arrived at
Bahrain in H.M.S. "GLASGOV." on the 10th February and left
immediately for Basra by air. They visited Kuwait in
H.M.S. Glasgow from the 21st to the 24th February and
Bahrain from the 25th to the 28th February. No visit was
paid to Muscat owing to the absence of the Sultan.
We are still without any local air service
and representations on the subject have been received from
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the Bahrain Petroleum Company and Petroleum Concessions
Ltd. amongst others.
BAHRAIN. The visit of the C-in-C East
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Indies was celebrated by a rfumber of parties, and amongfet
other places Admiral and Lady Palliser visited the Bahrain
Petroleum Company's refinery. Numerous oil ^agnates have
been visiting Bahrain including : 'r.Pigott, President of
the Standard Oil Company of California, and Mr. Nicholls,
Vice President of the Bahrain Petroleum Company. They
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have been taking advantage of what is known by the local
oil people as "Directors' weather". His Highness Shaikh
Salman continues to flog the Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. horse. He has entered
into a private agreement with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.
whereby he has undertaken to allow exports by the Company
to Mater in return for a promise bv them not to interfere
with A1 Khali fah graves/.....
E. P. Donaldson, Esquire,. C. '.G.,
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. ,
LONDON.