Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎67r] (133/472)

BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD .
1ST TO 316T MAY, 1949. f
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On the 4th Mr. P*D. Stobart, Political Officer,
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , left Bahrain for Sharjah in the s^/'Earpeta”.
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(ii) On the fth May, Mr t B.A.B,Burrows of the Foreign
Office arrived in Bahrain by air from the United Kingdom. On the
8th May* he left by P.C.L^plane for Muscat accompanied by
His Excellency the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and returned to Bahrain
in the m.s. "Dara". On the 17th May, he left by RAF ’plane on
a visit to the Trucial Shaikhdoms accompanied by Mr.R.McC.
Andrew, 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, and returned on the
same day.• left for the United Kingdom on the 20th.
(iii) On the IBth and again on the 19th the Political
Agent visited Qatar by PCL ’plane.
(iv) On the 14th Lt.Col.D.G.McCaullay, the new
Medical Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , arrived in Bahrain from the
United Kingdom. He left for Dubai on the 18th.
(v) Mr.A.t"A. Dredge, M.B.E., 1st Secretary, Political
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. , and Mrs. Dredge left for the United Kingdom on the
19 th.
(vi) On the 26th Mr. P.D.Stobart, Political Officer,
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , arrived from Sharjah by R.A.F.’plane.
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(i) Reference paragraph 68(ii) of Intelligency
Summary No*8.
On the 9th May, Mr.Wilfred Thesiger left by air
for Basrah.
(ii) Mr.R.I. Hallows, M.B.E., of the Kuwait Oil Co.,
London, arrived in Bahrain on the 27th and left for the United
Kingdom on the 28th. He stayed at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
79. LOCAL AFFAIRS t- ,
(i) AL KHALIFAH. On the 8th, Shaikh Isa bin Salman,
the eldest son of His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain, was married
to the daughter of Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim A1 Khalifah. His
Highness gave a number of 'wedding breakfasts', and entertained
His Excellency the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Mr.B.A.B.Burrows, 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. , and about 30 other members of the local
European community to dinner on the 12th.
* On the 6th Shaikh All, the eldest,son of Shaikh
Abdullah bin Isa al Khalifa and a cousin of His Highness overtook
and stopped his car in front of the car of Father Anselm, the ,
Roman Catholic Chaplain of Manama (an Indian subject) and
struck Father Anselm when he got out of his car to ask the reason.
Shaikh Ali who was the worse for liquor appears to have been
picqued by the fact that a policeman on duty at a traffic
junction gave Father Anselm's car the right of way rather than
that of Shaikh Ali which was at a greater distance from the