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161. HQVEiTEN 13 OF OFPICIA uS.
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(i) Reference paragraph 148(iv) of intelligence
Summary NO,14.
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On the 1st, Major A.C. S.tewart, 0 . 3 .E., ^Political
Agent, Muscat, left for Muscat in H.M.S. "Loch Quoich'',
(ii) On the 7th Mr. G.N. Jackson, 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, left Bahrain by air for Basra.
He returned on the Gtn.
(iii) Reference paragraph 108( lv) of intelligence
Summary No.10.
S^uadron/Leade~ G.E. Lewis, R.A.F., assumed charge
as Air Staff Liaison Officer on 12 th August, 1947. The P® st: T
had been vacant since the departure of Wing/CommSmder P.R.M.
Williams, R.A.F., on the >9th May, 1947.
162. CALLS.
On the 11th Sh'.ikh Abdullah bin Hamad A1 Khalifah,
brother of His Highness S iaikh Sir Salman bin Hamad A1 Khalifan,
Hf:. I?E. Ruler of E,hra^ i, called on the politic;! Agent ,t
the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
163. 3.0.A.C.
Reference paragraph 135 of Intelligence Summary
No.12.
Mr. Q.F.W. Par ;er returned to Bahrain on the 12th
and took over as St Lion Superinterdent from Mr. S.H.J. Godden.
164. ETHYL.
Reference paragraph 151 of Intelligence Summary
No.14.
On the 13th Mr. A.L. Wheeler, accompanied by Mr.
G. Cessford of the Anglo--Iranian Oil Company, Limited, 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 left Bahrain the next day
en route for Kuwait to e>amine the possibilities Ox locating
the proposed ethyl manufacturing plant there.
165. PEARLS.
Mr. Henry C. h
dealer established in Borr
of the month to inve.otig^
an office here to buy pec
of pearls into India.
/nant, an American Pearl and Gem
bay, visited Bahrain in the middle
te the possibility of establishing
-Is because of the ban on imports
He expects to
winter here. He is primr
of seed pearl for seating
to buy the entire season
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . He wiJ
(because he has balances
utilize), and ulti^tely
market for Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
return to Bahrain and to spend the
rily interested in the better grades
in brooches. Kc expects to be able
3 catch of this type of pearl in
l pay for them initially in sterling
that he has so far been unable to
in dollars. He stated that the only
nearls at the moment is in the U.o.A.