"ملف 8/16 تقارير استخباراتية بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٢‎٧] (٤٣٢/٥٣)

No.6 of 1941
Intelligence Summary of the
Political Agent, Bahrain for
the period 16th - 31st March
1941.
47. Shipping
(i) i.Vo M Britannia ,! (Norwegian) arrived here on the
2nd March and left for Durban 5 South Africa on the 3rd
March 1941 with a cargo of 11,080 tons Gasoline, 1136
tons Kerosene and 939 tons Diesel Gas Oil.
^jj) Try* "Captain A.Fo Lucas'’ (Panama') arrived here
on the 4th March and left on the 5th March 1941 for Port
°aid. Egypt, with a cargo of 4681 tons Diesel Gas Oil.
(oii) T.Vo "Arena" ( Norwegian) arrived here on the 4th
March and left on the 5zh March with a catgo of 5151 tons
Kerosene for Suez, Egypt and 2011 tons Diesel Gas Oil
and It tons Lubricants for W Jedda, Saudi Arabia.
ToV# "India" (Norwegian) arrived here on the 27th
^ebruary and left on the 1st March with a cargo of 9858
tons Gasoirne, 1789 tom Kerosene and 1515 tons Diesel
Gas Oil for South African ports.
j-., ^ "^ohuku Mam" (Japanese) arrived here on the
and ^ ef i u he follow i^g day after discharging
228 packages for Bahrain. ^
(vi) S.S. "Utahan" (U;S.A.) arrived here on the 14th
March and left the following day after discharging 940
packages for Bahrain.
' T : v ; ”Aramis" (Norwegian) arrived here on the 20th
March and left on uhe 22nd March 1941 for Durban.South
rica, with a cargo of 11,102 tons Gasoline.
"Skotaas" (Norwegian) arrived here on the 20th
and leit the following day with a cargo of 10,846 tons
Gasoline for Port Elizabeth and/or East London, S.A.
T ‘Y’ "Caltex 2" (.Panama) arrived here on the
with r f a y ch ^ he followin g day for Bombay, India,
with .a cargo of 924 tons Diesel Oil. ’
^8. Move men ts o f Britis h Officials .
(i) On Tuesday the 18th March, the Kon’ble the Politi
cal Resident accompanied by the Political Agent, proceed-
d on tour .uo Qatar. They travelled on Petroleum De
velopment (Qatar; Company’s launch "Ghazal" leaving
Manama at 7 a.m. and arriving Zekrit at 11.30 a.m. A
suiti northerly wind was blowing but owing to the
numerous reefs and shallows the sea was not rough.
After Lunching with Mr. Dickson, Engineer in Charge,
ojPfh they Proceeded to Doha by car, a journey of about
2 2 ^iirs over a rough road. The party was met at Koha
Dy bliaiKh Hamad, second son of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim
+ vM au ?f2: e h a I Mana, Secretary and general factotum to
ne Shaikh. The party proceeded to Raiyan, the Shaikh’s
alace, a few miles out of Doha and arrived about 5 p.m.
Shaikh Abaullah showed pleasure at meeting the Political
Resident v/hom he had known some years before. After
dinner..,.