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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [2r] (3/432)
The record is made up of 1 file (214 folios). It was created in 20 Jan 1941-31 Dec 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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SECRET
Intelligence Summary 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.
,
No. l 4 of 1941 Bahrain, for the period
1st to 15th January ,1941.
1. Shipping
(i) S.S. ’’Puerto Rican” (American) arrived here on the
1st and left on the 10th January 1941 with 42 empty drums and
cylinders, after discharging 2083 packages for Bahrain and 3
packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(ii) S.S. ’’Boschfontein” (Dutch) arrived here on the 7th
and left on the 8 th January 1941 with 146 packages sundries
for Java and Pacific ports, after discharging 4764 packages
for Bahrain and 2120 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(iii) T.V. ’’Bahrein” (Panama) arrived here on the 4th and
left on the 5th January 1941 with a cargo of 2186 tons of
White Gasoline and 7034 tons of White Kerosene for Karachi
and Bombay.
(iv) T.V. ’’Alcides” (Norwegian) arrived here on the 5th
and left on the 7th January 1941 with a cargo of 11,876 tons
of White Kerosene 5 6,867 x 15 U.S.A. gallons metal drums
kerosene; 18 x 15 U.S.A. gallons metal rums motor spirit;
1 x 14 gallons metal drums grease; 939 x 55 U.S.A. gallons
metal drums Aviation Benzene and 37 x 55 U.S.A. gallons
metal drums Aeroplane Oil for Suez, Egypt.
(v) T.V* ”E1 Segundo” (Panama) arrived here on the 5th
and left on the 8 th January 1941 with a cargo of 4,289 tons
of Diesel Oil for Suez. Egypt.
(vi) T.V. ”Europe H (Norwegian) arrived hefe on the 10th
and left on the 11 th January 1941, after discharging 633
packages for Bahrain, with a cargo of 9,588 tons of Fuel Oil
id 2,681 tons of Diesel Gas Oil for Cape Town, South Africa.
(vii) T.V. ’’Seirstad” (Norwegian) arrived here on the 12th
and left on the 13th January 1941 with a cargo of 6,446 tons
Gasoline, 3,156 tons Kerosene and 3,915 tons Motor Spirit
for Australian ports.
(viii) S.S. ’’Khuzistan” (British) arrived here on the 7th
and left on the 10th January 1941 with 1 case sample of oil
for Abadan, after discharging 9,707 packages for Bahrain and
8,200 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
2. Movements of British Officials
(i) On the 4th January Mr. Hope-Gill, Consul Designate,
Baghdad, and Mrs. Hope-Gill came ashore from the S.S. ’’Bandra”.
They were taken round the sites of Bahrain in the forenoon.
Lunched at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and were then shown over the Oil Refinery
and Field by Mr. Lipp, General Manager of the Bahrain Petroleum
Company Limited. In the evening they visited Mr. Belgrave,
the Adviser to the Bahrain Government and then returned to the
steamer. Mr. Hope-Gill is in His Majesty’s Consular Service
and was previously in Seattle U.S.A. He is now proceeding to
Baghdad.
(ii) Mr. G.N. Jackson arrived here from India by K.L.M. '
, f plane on the 8 th January and took over the duties of 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, from Mr. R.I. Hallows v/ho is pro
ceeding on medical leave to India.
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The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain for the years 1941-42. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Most of the reports cover a two week period, though due to holidays, tours, and work pressures some cover an entire month.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject, often closely connected to the Second World War. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:
- international shipping and the activities of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and commercial transport companies such as Imperial Airways Limited;
- the movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables;
- local affairs of Bahrain, as well as news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Persia [Iran], and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- economic matters and food supplies;
- foreign radio broadcasts and press, with a focus on anti-British sentiment;
- the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund;
- defence matters;
- smuggling of gold and arms and the traffic of slaves;
- meteorological data;
- medical matters.
Folios 57-61 are correspondence relating to the alleged sinking of an Iranian dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. by a British man-of-war in March 1941.
Folios 85-88 is a list of prominent individuals in Bahrain, compiled by 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. at Bahrain, Reginald Alban, and submitted to the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire.
Folio 122 is the statement of thirteen Qatari sailors who were aboard a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. sunk by a Japanese submarine on 12 April 1942.
Folio 176 is a telegram from the Government of India in New Delhi requesting that intelligence summaries differentiate between truly confidential content and that which can be distributed more widely.
Folio 190 is a letter, dated 15 October 1942, from Charles Geoffrey Prior, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 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. at Bahrain, regarding the risk of including information about the revival of the slave trade in the Gulf in his diaries due to their wide readership.
Included in the file is correspondence between 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 the Naval Officer in Charge at Basrah regarding prominent people of the region and events of the war.
On the inside of the front cover is the distribution list for the summaries.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (214 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/2/314
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:215v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence