"ملف 8/16 تقارير استخباراتية بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎١‎١‎٥] (٤٣٢/٢٢٩)

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spirit in regard to A.R.P. measures is lacking, but appeals
to self-interest are evoking some response from merchants
and shop-keepers 0
For the first time the people of Bahrain are now
thinking of the war as something which affects themselves
and their own personal security 0 Merchants, and particul
arly Persian merchants, are in a state of alarm® The most
undesirable element of the population - the roughs and toughs
and riff-raff- are indulging in loose talk about the looting
they will engage in during the darkness and confusion which
follow air raids by night. A list of such persons is being
compiled and they will, if necessary, be put under restraint.
On the whole I consider that the stir, which^was
deliberately provoked by the insertion of the notice in the
local newspaper, has served a useful purpose. It has stim
ulated interest in A.R.P. and has prepared the minds of the
populace for possible future eventualities.
62. As sistan ce to Airc raft .
(i) On Aoril 13th a Hurricane had to land at Has Tanura
(Saudi Arabia)" from lack of petrol. Thanks to prompt inform
ation given by the Resident Manager of the California Arabian
Standard Oil Company, petrol and assistance were immediately
despatched from Bahrain, and the aircraft was able subsequent-
to renew its flight.
(ii) On the same day, Aoril 19th, information was also
received from the Political Agent, Kuwait, that three Hurri
canes had been forced to land near Has al Misha’ab (Saudi
Arabia), and assistance from the California Arabian Standard
Oil Company was asked for. Tne California Araoi-n Standard
Oil Company immediately sent out a search party which succeed
ed in locating the aircraft, but only after assistance had al
ready arrived from Kuwait.
63. B ahrain and Qatar .
Reference para 46 of Bahrein Intelligence Summary
No.6 of 1942, in which it was reported^that restrictions on
the entry of Qatar subjects into Bahrain were being more rigid—
lv enforced by H*H* Shaikh Salman. There is reason to believe
that Shaikh Salman hopes to provoke the Shaikh of Qatar into
protests, which would lead to negotiations, which would, in
turn, lead to reconsideration of the position of the Al Khaxi—
fr in Zubara. The present hostility between^Qatar and Banrain
has several unfortunate consequences, and an improvement in
the relations between the two Shaikndoms would be generally
welccmed.
64. The Ba.hra. i n Pet ro leum Company Lim i ted and the C ajj.f
Arabian Standard Oil Company .
(i) Mr.C .3. D.^vis, formerly in charge ^ of operational
developments, has been appointed Acting Resident Manager,
the California Arabian Standard Oil Company, and is now m
full charge of the Company’s activities in Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Ohliger, formerly Resident Manager, intends to leave
shortly for the U.S.A.
(ii) Intimation that American employees of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company and the California Arabian Standard Oil
Companv could not book air passages from Bahrain without
permission from the External Affairs Department of the
Government of India was conveyed to the Managers of the
/ Companies