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Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [33r] (65/472)
The record is made up of 1 file (233 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1948-14 Feb 1950. 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.
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No, 17 of 1949 h\DEXSO
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUHOIARY FOR PERIOD
16th to 30th September, 1949 0
140 0 MOVEIilENTS OF OF F l Tf!TAT..q
(i) His Excellency the
Muscat by K.M.S. ,, Flamingo M on
m.v. ''Dumra'' on the 27th 0
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.
left for
the 22nd and returned in
r ^ m The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle
hast Land Forces and ,ady Crocker arrived by air from Ceylon
on the 29th. General Crocker called on the Shaikh the same
evening. On the 30th he visited the Bapco installation.
(iii) Major F.C.L. Chauncy arrived from the United
Kingdom on the 24th and left for Muscat on the 26th to take
ovei charge as
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.
.
Ml. VISITORS .
(i) Mr. Chauvm de Precourt, French Manager of Indo
china Bank, visited Bahrain during the period under review
on his way to Kuwait.
T , , (i*) Messrs., D.W. Torry and R.C. Adie of the Thermotank
Ltd., Glasgow, visited Bahrain and decided to transfer their
firm's representative from Baghdad to Bahrain. The firm
specialises in air-conditioning and sees a promising market
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
(iii) Shaikh Hazza bin Sultan bin Zayid, brother of
the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, arrived in Bahrain by air on the
22nd on his way to the Hejaz. During his stay he was.the
guest of His Highness the Ruler. He left for A1 Khobar on
the 26th by special launch.
142. ROYAL NAVY .
H.M.S. "Wren" (Commander G. Afflick-Graves, R.N.)
visited Doha on the 16th.
M3. UNITED STATES I N'. F.PF.STS.
(i) Major General Wallace, United States Marine Corps
Director of Marine Aviation, passed through Bahrain by air on
the 19th on a circular tour from the southern back to the
northern Mediterranean and stayed two days on the "Greenwich
Bay" .
(ii) Captain Hensel (see paragraph 119) is now styled
Commander, Middle East Force, instead of Commander, Persian
Gulf Area Command. His area covers the Red Sea and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and extends to Ceylon. He proposes to visit
Bombay and Karachi. Captain Hensel is called Commodore
on board but states that the appointment is one for a se
nior captain.
(iii) U.S.S. "Valcour" arrived at Bahrain on the 30th
and is expected to remain until the 7th of next month.
(iv) The American Consul-General at Dhahran has in
formed the Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar that his post was
raised to a Consulate-General from the 7th.
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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 January 1948 until January 1950 (not for the year 1946 as the title suggests). 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 British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:
- Shipping
- Visits of British and foreign notables
- Economic and commercial matters
- Local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, 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.
- The work of Bahrain Petroleum Company, and the oil industry more generally
- American interests in the region
- Local reaction to international events such as those in Palestine and Syria
- The activities of the Royal Navy
- The supply of electricity, water and telecommunications
- Aviation
- The work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit
- The traffic of slaves
- Quarantine and medical matters
- Weather and meteorological data.
There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.
In addition to the reports, the file contains a copy of a letter sent from the Government of Pakistan's Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department in Karachi to British officials in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain concerning the alleged kidnapping and enslavement of girls in Baluchistan by 'Arab traders in dates', 9 March 1949 (folio 91).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (233 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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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- Title
- Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:90v, 92r:103v, 104ar:104av, 104r:234v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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