"ملف 8/16 ملخصات استخباراتية بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٤] (٣٣٠/٧)

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by its p.uthor, All A1 Shaikh Mansur nl Marhun al ^^tifi, was,
on the face of it, wholly unobjectionable. But Ibn S^ud, know
ing the author's father to be an ardent 3hia propagandist, md
suspecting a possible political motive behind the appeal, has
summoned both father and son to Riyadh where they have been
temporarily detained.
10. P .A.D. work at Awal i
The most important items in the costly and comprehensive
programme of P.A.D. works for the Refinery have been completed.
Since the danger of attack from the air has now diminished,
it has been decided to "go slow” with the remaining portion
of the programme. During the next few weeks only those works
will be undertaken which do not require for their execution
the import of further building material from Iraq.
11. The Bahrain Petroleum Company
The Company are putting up four new two-storey bachelor
quarters. Additional accommodation will be required if, as
is hoped, married British employees of the Company are allowed
to bring out their families from England to join them in
Bahrain. Additional accommodation would also be necessary
if certain projects to extend the Refinery were sanctioned.
Material for the construction of these quarters was imported
in 1940 and has been lying in storage since then.
12. Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited
The Company’s European and Indian staff were withdrawn
from Qatar on 20th December 1942. Arrangements have been
made to guard the Company’s houses at Dukhan, in which
furniture and fittings have been left, but all other equipment,
stores, etc. have been removed.-
13. L ocust
Reference paragraph 278 of Intelligence Summary No. 24
of 1942 in which it was reported that Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald
left Bahrain on December 22nd for Hasa, whence he intended
to proceed overland to Sharjcah.-
Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald arrived back in Bahrain oh January
6th. He had reached a point 40 miles south of Ojair when
his truck broke down. On January 7th he returned to the main
land with the intention of resuming his journey to Sharjah as
soon as his transport difficulties were surmounted. He^reported
that immature locusts were abundant, though dispersed, in are s
south of Hofuf and Ojair.
14. Meteorological
Maximum temperature ... 72.2 q on January 7th.
Minimum temperature ... 50.4 on January 4th.
Humidity exceeded 80 % throughout the period under report,
the maximum being 99 ^ on January 8th.
Sd/~ E. B. .Wakefield
Political Agent, Bahrain.