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55. Sh ip'ling
Intelli. pnco S-unnar:' o* the
Political Aencyy Bahrain^
for the period 1st to 15th
April ISdd.
31 even ships called at Bahrain (w in ; the period -nider report >
four British, six American, and one Uorwepian. Imports consisted
of 1,87° tons for-Bahrain and 7 tons for Baudi Arabia. Bxports
were 31,812 tons petroleum pro'diets, J,6C0 tons T J.Id.€.C. su/.ar and ^
55 tons ; eneral car o. Three of the ships are still in port.
56. Movement s of Officials
(i) The Ilon’ble Sir Gaoifrey Prior, Political Resident
tra
:an
in the Persian Gulf arrived at Bahrain on the 8th in s.s.
He r ;as accompanied by Mr* 0*11. Jachson his Under Secretary an*, a
sheleton staff.
His Hif hness the Shai*:h called on th§ Hon 1 ' le the Political
Resident on the 8th and a private call was made ‘v* the Resident on
the Shaihh on the 10th at Ra'affa.
The Hon v le the Political Resident left for Kuwait by hired
transport on the 11th.
(ii) Ma;'or T. Hie':in‘otiiam, C. 1.3. , 0.3.3., Political A; out
Bahrain left for Shar-ah 'y
air on th;
.th in order to .'.iscuss a
shorter e or Jl5 tons of cereals with the Political Oxhic^r Trucial
Coast. The Political a out returned to Bahrain by air on the 3th.
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57. Visitors
(i) The Senior ITavnl Officer Persian Gulf arrived on the • th and
conferred ••’ith the IIon f ^le the Political Resident in the Persian
' Bull the same evenin', On the 10th His Hi hness the Shai'l: accom
panied by his uncles Shaihi: Mohamo.
V, -1 •-> To
Isa and SHaiuh Abdullah bin
Isa, 0.1.3., and Mr. C.D, Bel rave, C.3.3., Adviser to the Bahrain
Government, oaid an official ^isit to the naval Base at Unfair. He
v/as receiveu by the Senior ITaval Officer Persian Gulf an\ Captain
C.a.R. Shillin; ton, V._v. , R.R.V.R., t'.e I. : aval Of I icer-in-Char.r e.
The Political Ayent was also present. Later the same norniny the
Hon 1 ^le the Political Resident had further conversations with the
Senior ITaval Officer at the ITaval Base. The Senior ITaval Officer
left for Basra the same day.-
(il) Mr. R. II. Stephens of the Ministry of Information Cairo,
accompanied by an official photo rapher, arrived in Bahrain on the
7th. He paid a visit to Sharjah an:. Bubal and it was his intention
to spend some time in Bahrain on his return therefrom but it was s
considered desirable for him to leave for Kuwait as o.ichly as oos- •
sible in order to cover the Investiture of His Hi;liness the Shai'".h
of Kuwait with the insignia of a Hni. ht Commander of the Star of
India by’the Hon ! ble the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on
the 16th and Mr. Stephens arid his companion therefore left by air
for Kuwait on the 14th.
(iii) Major ihintz of the 3.S. Army, a Staff Officer ef Major Generali
Osborne arrived at Bahrain on the 11th and left on the 15th.
(iv) Group Captain J. Cherrill and Win; Commander '.R.a. Beacon
of the Air Ministry Signals Mission called on the Political Ayent
on the 12th and discussed the local signals arran ements for air
craft. The Mission left the following day for Sharjah.
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(v) Colonel R. Warburton, Provos.t Marshall, G-,R.Q. Paiforce called
on the Political Ayent on the 10th.
(vi) Air Vice-Marshal A.P. Davidson C.B.3., arrived in Bahrain
accompanied by Brigadier P.Oilman by air on the 14th and left for
Sharjah on the 15th.