"ملف 8/16 ملخص استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٨‎٨] (٢٠٦/١٧٥)

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No.19 of 1948 .
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
16th to 30th Novemberj 1948.
252. MOVEMENTS OF .OFFICIALS.
(i) On the 21st His Excellency the Political
Resident left in the L.T. "Nearchus” on a tour of Muscat
and the Batinah coast. He was accompanied by Lady and
Miss Hay.
(ii) Reference paragraph 241 (iv) of Intelligence
Summary No.18.
(.i:) On the 21st the Political Agent returned
to Bahrain.
(iii) Reference paragraph 190 (ii) of Intelligence
Summary No.14.
Mr. Donald J. Brammer, the new State Engineer,
has arrived in Bahrain.
253. VISITORS .
On the 21st Lord Kennett of Dene, Chairman
of the Imperial Bank of Iran, and Mr. Payne, Chief Manager,
Teheran, arrived in Bahrain and left on the 26th. They
stayed at the Agency.
254. CALLS.
(i) On the 16th the Assistant Political Agent took
Commander Best, R.N., the new Commanding Officer of H.M.S.
"Loch Quoich", to call on His Highness at Ghadhabiyeh
Palace- His Highness returned the call at the Agency the
same day.
(ii) On the 25th Mr. Emile Bustaneh of the Arab
Contracting Company, Lebanon, called on the Political Agent
He proposes to build and run an hotel in Bahrain.
255. LOCAL AFFAIRS .
(i) A1 Khalifah .
On the 17th Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa, uncle of
His Highness, left for Kuwait on a hawking trip into the
hinterland. He was accompanied by his nephews, Shaikh
Khalifah bin Muhammad, Superintent of Police, Bahrain, and
Shaikh Salman bin Muhammad; one of the judges of the Bahrai
lower court. The latter returned to Bahrain on the 23rd.
(ii) P earling .
Reference paragraph 249 of Intelligence Summary
No.18.
There were 69 boats with a total complement
of 2560 persons engaged in pearling operations this year.
The total catch is estimated to be worth about Rupees four
lakhs. This has disappointed those, like His Highness,