"ملف 8/16 تقارير استخباراتية بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎١‎١‎٧] (٤٣٢/٢٣٣)

SECRET o
Intelligence Summary of the
Political Agent, Bahrain, for
No. 9 of 1940. the period 1st to 15th May
1942.
67. Shipping .
(i) S.3. "Itinda" (British) arrived on the 2nd and left
on the 3rd May after discharging 1,306 packages for Bahrain.
(ii) S.S. "Barpeta” (British) arrived from India on the
5th May and left on the same day with 24 packages general
cargo for Gulf Ports, after discharging 4,065 packages for
Bahrain and 3,542 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(iii) T.V. "Vera” (Norwegian) arrived on the 3rd and
left on the 4th May with 5,960 tons Gasoline and 3,195 tons
Kerosene for Sydney, Australia.
(iv) S.S. ’’City of Derby” (British) arrived on the 5th
and left on the 6th May with 9 packages aircraft and spare
parts for Basra, after discharging 401 packages for Bahrain.
(v) S.S. "City of Lille” (British) arrived on the llth
May and left on the same day with 4 drums merchandise for
Abadan, after discharging 2,594 packages for Bahrain and 3
packages for transhipment to the mainland,
(vi) S.S. ”Ensley City” (United States) arrived on the
llth and left on the 12th May with 76 packages general cargo
for the United States, after discharging 4,057 packages for
Bahrain and 383 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(vii) S.S.”Khuzistan” (British) arrived on the 9th and
left on the 13th May with 840 packages empty drums and tins
for Abadan, after discharging 2,933 packages for Bahrain and
4,432 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(viii)S.S. ”Tarraqi” (British) arrived on the llth and
j . p, ^ - -<o+v, Mo V after discharging 9,450 packages for
Bahrain.
68. Movements of British Official s.
(i) The Hon’ble Lieut-Colonel W.R.Hay C.I.E., Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf, arrived in the afternoon of May
8th by L.T. ”Nearchus” and left for Bushire on the^night of
May 9th. During the course of his visit he saw His Highness
Shaikh Salman at Rafa'.
(ii) Messrs. Walker and Ousman, of the Jedda Legation,
accompanied by Mr. Berksen, Manager of the Jedda branch of
the Netherlands Trading Society, arrived from the mainland
on May 6th and returned on May 8th.
69. Other Visitors .
(i) Mr. Alexander Kirk, United States Minister to Egypt
arrived at Bahrain in the afternoon of May 9th, having left
Cairo the same morning. He travelled in a Pan American
Airways machine which only stopped once, at Habbaniya, on
the journey here. He was accompanied by members of the
Legation staff, by Mr.Twitchell, Head of the Agricultural
Mission, and by Mr. Khair ul Din ul Zarkali, Councillor to
the Saudi Arabian Legation at Cairo. On the evening of
May 9th members of the American community in Bahrain met
Mr. Kirk at a dinner party given by Mr. Ward P. Anderson,
Officiating General Manager of the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
On the morning of May 10th Mr. Kirk and his party called at
the Agency and were then taken by the Political Agent to
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