"ملف 8/16 ملخص استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٢] (١٠٨/٣)

SECRET
Intelligence Summary of the
Political Agency, Bahrain,
for the period 1st to 15th
January 1945.
Four ships, all British, called at Bahrain during the
period and discharged a total of 533 tons including 212 tons
transhipment cargo for Saudi Arabia. The exports were IS tons
general cargo and 21,714 tons petroleum products.
Movements of Officials
(i) On the 15th Major T. Hickinbotham, C.I.E., O.B.E., the
Political Agent, accompanied by Mr. Parker T. Hart, the Vice-
Consul for the united States of America at Dhahran, left by
air for a tour of the Trucial Coast.
(ii) On the 6th Major A.L. Greenway, M.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Residency Surgeon, broke his journey to Bushire for a few hours
at Bahrain.
(iii) On the 3rd Captain R.E#R. Bird, Political Officer, Trucial
Coast, Sharjah, proceeded by air to India on short leave.
Visitors
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Shipping
(i) On the 2nd Air commodore His Highness Sir Umaid Singhji,
G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., A.D.C., LL.D., Maharajah of
Jodhpur accompanied by his brother Lieutenant Colonel Ajit
Singh and his aide-de-camp Captain Hari Singh arrived by air
and left for India the following day.
(ii) On the 10th His Highness the Maharajah of Nabha arrived
by air and left for the Middle East on the 11th.
(iii) On the 7th Dr. Vandermeulen, Minister for the Netherlands
at Jedda, arrived from Saudi Arabia and left on Phe 9th for
Bushire.
(iv) On the 4th Group Captain Turton-Jones, R.A.F., informed
the Political Agent that there were two areas on Manama Island-
which might prove suitable for conversion into an additional
landing ground should the Air Ministry consider such an
undertaking to be essentials
(v) On the 12th Air Vice Marshal Collier, C.B., C.B.E.,
accompanied by Air Vice Marshal George, C.B.E., M.C., and
Air Commodore Whitney Straight, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., with
a numerous body of technical experts arrived from Habbaniyah
and after consultations with the Political Agent with regard
to the subject mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) above left
for their several destinations on the 13th.
(vi) On the 12th Mr. C.N. Ryan, D.S.O., M.C., Controller for
the Ministry of Information in the Middle East, arrived to
inspect the Public Relations Bureau. He returned to Cairo
by air leaving Bahrain on the 16th.
(vii) On the 13th information was received that owing to
unfavourable atmospheric conditions the American senators
Mr. James M. Tunnell and Mr. Harold H. Burton had decided
to cancel their intended visit to Bahrain.
New Year Day
On the 1st of January in accordance with custom His
Highness accompanied by his senior relatives paid an official
call on the Political Agent. Later the same day some 200
of the leading members of all communities in Bahrain were
received by the Political Agent.