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ITo. 22 of 1943.
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Intelligence nummary of tho
Political Agent, Bahrain, for
the period 15 & to 3 Sth Nov.
1943.
237. Shipping
Of the 13 ships that called at this port during tho
period under report 33 ven v.cro of British registry, t o
American, two Norwegian, one Swedish, and one Dutch. Imports
consisted of 1,412 tons general cargo while exports are
65,565 tons petroleum products and 190 tons general cargo.
23b. i ovements of Officials
(i) Reference paragraph 229 of Intelligence nummary ho.21
of 194 0 .
The Hon’ble Sir Geoffrey Prior, K.C.I.E., Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf, returned by. air from India on
the 21st and leit for muscat and the Persian Coast by air on
the 27th.
(ii) Major A.L. Greenway, M.B.D. , iw.R.G.G., L.R.C.P.,
Residency Surgeon designate, arrived on the 18th from India
and left the same day for Basrah.
(iii) The Political Agent left for Qatar on the; 25th in
Messrs. Petroleum Concessions Limited r s launch "Ghazal" and
returned on the 27th.
239. Visitors
(i) Air Vice Marshal R.P. hillock, C.B., accomoaniod by
Group Captain Alexander, Group Captain Brown, Colonel
Clements, R.A., and Wing Commander Kirk, arrived by air on
the 19th and left the following morning for Aden.
(ii) Commodore C.C. Hammill, R.N., Senior Naval Officer in
tho Persian Gulf, arrived on tho 19th by air and loft the
following day for Masireh.
240. Races
On the 19th a Race Meeting was hold to raise funds for*
war purposes. The Meeting v;as organized by Lieutenant Colonel
K.T. Hewitt, M.C., an officer of great experience of tho Turf
and, as was to bo expected in such capable hands, it was a
highly successful function. This is the first organized Race
Mooting to be hold in tho Island and His Highness was parti
cularly enthusiastic entering a number of horses himself and
arriving one hour before tho First Race.
241. Basrah Dates
Considerable dis-satisfaction is x'^lt locally by the
very high price being paid for Basrah dates purchased through
the monopolists Messrs. Andrew Aeir & Company of Basrah, 'gents
for the Bahrain Government and the Trucial Sheikhdoms arc
finding if impossible to purchase in the Basrah market at v-hrt
they understood was to bo the fixed price of I. ).40 a Kara and
they complain that Messrs, .ndrew „eir & Company arc charging
thorn I.D.24-500 a Kara as commission and doing nothing in
return for the money. The view on the Trucial Coast is that
Messrs. Andrew ..eir & Company's charges arc. insisted upon by
Ids Majesty's Government to raise money to buy aeroplanes with.
This is an unsatisfactory state of affairs. It is*doubtful
whether Basrah Dates can be sold on the Trucial Coast for less
than R.lo/ 6 /- a basket, a price in excess of last year's, and
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