Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎288r] (575/951)

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(i) The Politic''! A^eni. lef« Bnhr^ie on zh? aiOT'nin t -.
Deccnbor 17wH nr for Inciio on Chrlsur-s Io-^vg. He le
expcc oea lo do rv;ry for nbout 3 uggks.
(ii) Mnjor To Hicklnocthor, O.B,B . 9 Political Anont, Ktr -it,
rmurnoa uo Ku^it oy BoO.AoCc flying- bo-t on Doc orb or 1 'oh.
fin) Pr. T.E. Rogers ? Vice-Consul Bu.shire, rcturnoei. o/ • v
iron Shrrvyh on Decenber 20th*
(iv) On DecerDer 26th the Hon’ble Lieut .-Colonel C.G. I-■if
C.I.E., Pollticol Resicient in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , ^eturn gg to
Bushire in the L.T. M No'rchus M , rccomprnied by Rogers.
(v) ITojor S. Hills, D.C.R.E., B^hr-^in, arrived by ste-r^
on Doc or Dor 26 th from B-ghd-d, oft or on ■'•osonce of 3 veenhs,
270. Id-u l-Hrhi.
(i) On Dec orb or 18th the Hon’ bio the Politic*'1 Resident,
''ccorooni yi by the 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. , called on T is
Highness .the Sh r i. h to folic it** to him on the occasion o* T .
Th 1 t evening the Shoikh g-ve r dinner o^rty for 16 oeo el c,
v nich vr s ottended by the nrineiprl nenoors of the Eu.
corirunity in lionrnr r na their v/ives end by the hems of the
three fighting services in Bohmin. The Al Khrlif ih yr-,
represented, in Addition to His Highness, by his oroth - ’s, D r *!.i
rnd Abdulin. The Sheikh’s t* : o uncles, Shaikhs Abdullo onn
I ohored Din Isr , ■•’era . ; ry on tne hawking -^nd shooting :xoedi
tion mnounced in nrrrgrpoh 261 of Intelligence Surra-'ry Ho.2*'
of 1942. The former returned in tire to give r sn^ll dinner
pnrty in honour of the Politicol Resident on Decenoer 23^a.
The letter h-^.s not yet returned.
(ii) The usur.l Id c'lls on selected merchants in l^n^rr
nna Muhrrr-rq vrere pnid by the Assistant Politic* 1 Agent in the
Political Agent’s ~bsencs, on Docemoer lath end 19th. He *^s
cccoro-'nieci oy Mr. Bertrnn Thorns, C.B.E., the po oulg r Public
Relations Officer.
(iii) H.M. King Ion Scud’s Id sneechgrith its felicitous
references to Britain,node excellent innrossion in B.nh^*-in
end h r d c rerked prc-Britisn effect e.n loc'l sentinent.
271. Crris t rrs .
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Festivity end ^vork rake an ill-assorted n^i-**. Tn
e^ovicus years the- Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. office **sod to no declared closo^.
(though urgent business could ^lumys be attended to,) f^c.'.
24th Docorber to January 1 st inclusive. This ye-"'**, in ‘•'y iiticn
to Christnas and Nov; Year’s Day (both of which fell oa Erir'* r ,
the normal veekly holiday,) the office uns officially c To sea or.
the 24th, 26tin. and 30th Dcconber, out this aid net nrev :nt -'ll
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff iron observing full office hours on ~11 th‘ n ce
davs.
272. Co mu n i c a 11 o n s.
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An E.F.M. telegran service vdth tne U.3.A. ^ , *'s intro
duced in Bahrain on Dec ember 20th. These telegrams can non* no
^ exchanged between Bahrain *'.nd the British Emirc, the U.S.
frujL I^c^CtyC . Egypt, the Sudan, Muscat, Icol nd and the Faroe Islands.
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