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Intelligence lUiamary of 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. , Bahrain, for
the period 1st to 15th June 1943,
180. Shipping
See Appendix to this Summary#
181, Movements of Officials
(i) Captain P* Nicholson, Vice-Consul, Bushire who had
arrived on May 29th, left by air for Karachi on June 13th#
(ii) Major R. Holmes, M.B.3#, 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. Surgeon, Bushire,
arrived on Jbne 10th#
122# Visitors
(i) Messrs# Maxwell-Darling and Vesey Fitzgerald, of the Anti-
Locust Mission, arrived from the mainland on June 4th and stayed
several days in Bahrain before returning to Dhahran. They came
back to Bahrain on June 13th and will stay here until they are
able to obtain air transport to Cairo where they are attending
a Conference at the end of the month#.
(ii) Captain Warner, of theJkUE.S.C., Baghdad, arrived on
June 5th and left for Sharjah on June 9th.
1' . (iii) Brigadier Broad, R#A•, who had arrived on May 29th,
returned to Basrah on June 3rd#
(iv) Shaikh Juma bin Llaktum, brother of the Ruler of Dubai, who
had arrived on May 21st, returned to Dubai by air on June 5th.
(v) Air Vice-Marshal H.V# Champion de Crespigny, C.B., M.C.,
D.F.C#, A.O.C#, Persia and Iraq, arrived on June 11th and left
the following day. On the morning of June 12th he onlled on
His Highness the Shaikh with whom he had a most cordial interview
lasting 45 minutes.
(vi) Commodore C#F. Hammill, R.N., Senior Naval Officer, Per
sian Gulf, arrived in his Walrus aircraft on June 12th and left
the following day.
(vii) Air Commodore J. Carter, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.O.C., 215
Group, Basrah, paid a short visit to Bahrain during the period
under report* On June 4th he set off in an Oxford aircraft
to fly to Basrah, but was compelled by a very strong North wind
to turn back. Ke made a forced landing, in a raging dust storm,
on the C.A.S.C.C’s new aerodrome at Dhahran. He took off again
to return to Bahrain, but on the way an engine cut out and he
wps only just able to make the Bahrain aerodrome.
123 • Dales ,- Only six weeks now remain before the new date season.
The stock of dates in the Island is sufficient to meet require
ments during this period, and the coming date crop shows oromise
of being an excellent one#
124# Pearling .- The price of pearls remains very high, and optimism
continues in spite of the fact that the harvest of pearls has so
far been meagre owing to the prevalence of a high wind causing
difficult diving conditions*
125# Saudi Arabia
(i) Reference paragraph 112 Of Intelligence Summary No. 10
of 1943 in which it was reported that the Saudi Government wore
at last taking energetic action to prevent the illicit export
of foodstuffs. Steps to enforce the embargo on the export of
gold have also been taken, and Saudi subjects are unable to leave
the country without permission from the local Amir. Recently the
Police at A1 Khobar received information that two Saudi nationals