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BAHRAIN INTE LLI GENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD 1st to
15th APRIL, 1949.
6C—v MOVEMENTS OF O F FICIALS .
(i) On the 6th, 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. left for
Sharjah by R.A.F.Plane and returned to Bahrain on the 10th,
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(ii) Reference paragraph 50(ii) of Intelligence
Summary No.6.
On the 8th, Sir lupert Hay returned to Bahrain
by ’plane from Jiddah.
61. VISITORS.
(i) Reference paragraph 51(ii) of Intelligence
Summary No.6.
On the 2nd, Sultan bin Salim, ex-Ruler of
Ras-al-Khaimah, and Saiyid Hilal bin Saiyid Badir, Deputy
President of the Muscat Municipal Council, 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. . They left Bahrain for Muscat on the 10th.
(ii) On the 14th, Salih Al-Mani f , Secretary to His
Excellency the Ruler of Qatar, arrived in Bahrain by air. He
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. , the same day.
(iii) Among European visitors to Bahrain during the
period under report were Sir Hugh Weightman, C.S.I., C.I.E.,
Mr. Bertram Thomas, O.B.E., and Lord Inchcape, Chairman of the
Board of Director of Messrs. Gray Mackenzie & Company.
62. LO CAL AFFAIRS .
(i) Bahrain Fisheries .
An increasing population and the drawing off
of fishermen into other avenues of employment have made for an
acute shortage of fish in Bahrain. Fish forms the staple diet
of the poor, and His Highness has written to Alexandria for
advice regarding the type of vessels, gear, etc., which could be
used to increase the supply of fish. He has also approached
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. who has obtained the
advice of the Government of Aden and of Dr.Bertram Thomas, who
recently undertook an examination of the Muscat fisheries for
the Sultan of Muscat. They are agreed that the only practica
ble way for the Bahrain Government to increase the supply of
fish here is to purchase a depot ship fitted up with cold
storage which could be sent to buy fish direct from the fisher
men in the Gulf of Oman where, at present, the supply is greatly
in excess of the demand. It is understood that the A.I.O.C.
who have much the same problem at Abadan have been given the
same advice.
(ii) Crim e.
On the 6th, the Bahrain Court sentenced one Abbas
bin Hasan, a clerk in the Imperial Bank of Iran, Bahrain, to two
years rigorous imprisonment for cheating and forgery. ^
(iii) Obituary ;