'File 8/46 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Persian Gulf, Intelligence Reports' [‎23r] (45/70)

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(i). Hoforonco No, 8 i:y Poriodlcal Intolligenoo Hoport. Survoying and
soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. arc being taken in connection v/ith the construction of the
now pior.
it is proposed to fit gantry cranes for unloading and plans have been
unde to lay the rail track six deep at the sea^mrd end to expedite
transport of freight.
(iii). Ho bunlsoring arrangeuents are anticipated and ships my have to
proceed to Has Tanura,
(iv). Construction is scheduled for couplet:*.; n in twelve monfclis ti e.
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(i).
Mnmh
i.s the date of the end of the Palestine Mandate approached
preparations v/ore^uade locally to guard against the recurrence of'
Cue anti-Jovash rioting v/hich occurred in Bahrein last Be center,
ne-xniorconents of Police were concentrated in the Fort and in the
mm City Police Station, while plain clothes men wore stationed near
one sonool to prevent demonstrations which usually rare the origin of
tuo rioting. H.i . 8 . Wild Goose” had shore landing parties in
eacliness in case assistance \pxq needed by the civil power or British
lives or property were threatened. Perhaps because of those
precautions, 14 : to the present nothing uiatoward has happenod except that
ue mam Girls School the female teachers wont on strike. Ihey
were imoixiod tnat if they struck, they would not be onployod ary
onlv f. aU Bahrein Govenixuit. fhey fell into hysterics and were
? Pi b ^ u $ ifc by fcne suggestion of the wife of the Advisor that,
staiC f 1 ^ ^ iCy should soy prayers on bolialf >f the Palestine
Ai^bs for a quarter of an hour every day.
(ii).
3A.
r u ^ lib0r m? f J f ;va . afcfcon ?f d tho oinDrJa afc fcbo H.A.F. Muharreq on the 1st
June. ihey had no authority to visit the carp and an ugly situation
1 h- ^P ■ •mf Cr ^ XrU1 TaX 1 i :^ vor refusod to convey then back to Ivfe.nai.ia.
t 1 1 xho roughly handled r-turned to Manana and enlisted
tity^Tr d f S0TOr ^ AjSabB . 1 * 0 ^ to tho oa*. in the r:Ban-
Giae tee Je\® wore endeavouring to sum an police aid and a Sub-
nsp^c or ox the Bahrein Police Popart •. ut intervened and the entire
par y^was esoortod to Ivlanana. S tre ■■ .g punishment was subsequently
fUrthS^T* 0 ^ fc M° &ovrtB > Prosumabty as a dote rent agates t any
fUrtnox clasii between the local Jews and Arabs,
(iii). tho infusion of Palo.tina by the aroies of tho surrounatap
Relief f y 1VCd V?i p Jp i:L ^tion by tho local population.
R 0 I 101 is felt at the praxpt .action that has been taken by tile Arab
rhtc^r^v^ 8 «« ^
great interest by all classes, and the coffoo shops are crowSed to a
. Rato hour every night by people listening to the Pdio news Ika&as-ts.
^ ^»» m s£XL’ia «?as“E: na
1 ^ 1 ™ 1 V laa beon COI; !>letoa but in absence of any
final arrangenonta for accomioclation of shipping no sutoIio, ^
expected for a considerable period. H 8 3u Et'l“3 can be
asi sssas't sw&’ys*
Th ° ^‘ 03ti;:i of tho 3 U «>°3®ion will