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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. , Bahrain, for
the period 1st to 15th November
1943.
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During the period under report ten ships called at this
port and landed 4,721 tons of cargo of which 1,090 tons were
i.or transhipment to the mainland. Two ships v^ere Norwegian,
one Dutch and all the others British.
The exports consisted of 23,674 tons petroleum products,
101 tons U*K.C.C. sugar and 30 tons Oil Company cargo for Abadan.
229. Movements of Officials
The Hon f ble 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. ,
accompanied by his Under Secretary and a skeleton staff, arrived
in the M Resang" on the 6th from Bushire and left on the 8th by
air for India. ^
230. Visitors
(i) Commodore C.^. Hammill, R*N., Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , arrived on the 5th by air and left on the 6th in
a Naval vessel for Khor • Xi'.ni and Bandar bbas. ?te returned
on the 12th and left by air for Basra on the 14th. He called
on His Highness the Shaikh on the morning of the 13th. •
(ii) Brigadier-General Royce, Chief of Staff to the Director
of the American Transport Corps arrived from Abadan by air on
the 11th and loft the same day xor Dhahran. He returned from
Dhcihran on the 12th and left almost immediately for Abadan.
231. Saudi Affairs
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No.21 of 1943.
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It is understood that Ibn Saud has gone to Jedda but
will ^return to Mecca for the Haj and that shaikh '\bdullnh
Julaiman, the Saudi Arabian Finance Minister, has arrived
Mecca.
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It is understood that Khalid bin Jaluvi, n brother of
imir laud bin Jaluvvi of itassa, is making good progress in the
hospital in the Lebanon whore ho is being treated for tuoer-
culosis•
232. 3ocial
His Highness the Shaikh gave an official dinner oarty
on the 8th in honour 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. .
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His Highness the Shaikh called on 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.
on the 2nd and discoursed for about 2-g- hours on current events.
During 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. f s visit to old Shaikh Rashid
bin Mohammed AlKhalifah who is now quite blind he was received
by that gentlemans daughter the Lady Ayisha the widow of His
Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa AlKhalifah K.C.I.D., C.3.I.
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. visited the Bahrain Government
Technical School on the 2nd, the Primary and Secondary Schools
on the 7th and the Bahrain Government hospital on the* Idth.