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SECRET
Intelligence Suianary of the
Political Agent, Bahrain, for
the period 1st to 15th October 1941.
No. 19 of 1941
121* Shipping
(i) S.S. "Tarraqi" (British) arrived here on the 30th Sep»
tember 1941 and left the same day for Abadan with 387 packages
empty drums and tins and 60 barrels Ethyl Fluid.
(ii) T.V. "Europe” (Norwegian) arrived here on the 4th and
left on the 5th October 1941 with a cargo of 12,418 tons of
Fuel Oil for Durban, South Africa.
(iii) T.V. "Ceylon” (Panama) arrived here on the 11th and
left on the 12th October 1941 with a cargo of 3,577 tons of
Diesel Oil for Colombo, Ceylon.
(iv) S.S. "Tarraqi” (British) arrived here on the 12th
and left on the 13th October 1941 with a cargo of 77 packages
empty tins and drums, 10 drums Aeroshell and 2 drums Lubricating
Oil for Abadan, after discharging 2056 packages for Bahrain
and 4854 packages for transhipment to the mainland*
(v) T.V. "Nederland” (Dutch’) arrived here on the 9th and
left on the 10th October 1941 with a cargo of 6752 tons Kero
sene, 2536 tons Gasoline, 2120 tons Diesel Gas Oil, 35 cases
sweet corn and 21 packages household goods for South African
ports, after discharging 173 packages for Bahrain and 16,190
packages for transhipment to the mainland.
122. Movements of British Officials
(i) Reference paragraph No. 98 (vi) of my Intelligence
Summary No. 14 of 1941.
Major R.G.E.’f. Alban, O.B.E., Political Agent,
Bahrain, returned to Bahrain from Karachi on the 2nd October
1941 by air.
(ii) Mr. R.I. Hallows, Under Secretary to the Hobble
the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, arrived in Bahrain
by air on the 10th October 1941 from Karachi and left the same
day for Bushire by sea.
(iii) Mr. F.J. Wakelin, the newly appointed Director of
Education in Bahrain, arrived from Cairo by air on the 6th
October 1941.
123. Local Affairs
(i) Shaikh Saif el T'idfa 1 , Qadhi of Sharjah, came to
Bahrain during the period under report, bringing a present
of four camels for His Highness the Shaikh. Shaikh Saif
intended to visit Ibn Saud at Riyadh. It is understood that
His Highness gave him a present of hs 1000/-.
(ii) It is understood that His Highness Shaikh Sir Hamad
contemplates a hunting trip to Saudi Arabia when the season
starts after Ramadhan. It is a long time since he has
visited the mainland.
It is also rumoured that Shaikh Mohammad bin ’Isa
is talking of visiting Bgypt.