"ملف 8/16 تقرير استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٤‎٥] (١٥٤/٨٩)

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No.16 of 1947.
BAHRAIN INfELLIAEfCB SUIINARY FOR PERIOD 16TH
TO 3131 AUGUST, 1947.
1?3. llOYSl OUTS OF OF FTCTAj ,3.
(i) O-i oiie 17oli Lore! mid Lo.d Ar Addison, Nr. and Nrs.
Hector NcFeil, and their staff arrived in Bahrain by
.3,0.A.C. flying boat en route to Canberra. The partv left
■che next morning.
(ii) On the 123rd Iv:.r. Jassim bin Uohanried, Residency
A^eiio, bharjah, arrived by R.A.F, 'plane. He flew back on
the 29th.
(-i-ii) On the 23th Ka.ior H.J.h. Ranee, Political Agent,
aii*, left oy air xor• one United Fingdom. He has been
succeeded by Mr. g.N, Jackson, trb.f/
. (i v ) On^ the 29th Lord Lis towel, Sir Gilbert Laith-
v.a 1 1e and t-ieir sta.-.f arrived in Bahrain en route to Burma.
They left the next mo min ..
174. CALLS,
(i) Commander H»L. Hayes, I
GL3NDHU" called on the Political B
N. , of II.MbS. "LOCH
;ent on the 19th.
(li) On the 21st Shaikh Ahmad bin Hanad A1 Xhalifah,
^rowier ox iis Highness the Ruler of Bahrain, called on-
ohe political Agent.
, , (rii) On the 31st, the political Agent called on His
Hignness Shaikn Salman bln Hamad, Ruler of Bahrain.
175. VISITORS,
(i) On the 24th Mr, B. Seed, a representative of
Che Anglo-Iranian OH Company, Limited, Abadan, called on
cne political Agent. He visited Bahrain in connection
wioh a proposal Co modernize the present Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company refuelling station in Manama.
(ii) During the period under report, Mr. J.J). Rose,
Senior Inspector of Accidents, Ministry of Civil Aviation,
came to Bahrain to investigate the cayse of the crash of
B.O.A.C, flying boat G-AHMB. He stayed at the political
Agency.
^ (iii) On the 27th Shaikh Ahmad bin Jabir As Subah,
h.C.5.1., x.C.I.S., Ruler of Huwait, accompanied by two of
hts sons, his ^Secretary Abdullah A1 Mulla, Abdur Rahman bin
Bahar, a Kuwaiti merchant, and four,servants, arrived in
Bahrain aboard M.S. "Dwaraka 1
en route H India. Shaikh
Ahmed landed during the morning.and was met on the customs
pier by the political Agent, the Shaikh of Bahrain, and
members of the Ruling Family. After inspecting a guard «rf
nonour provided oy the Bahrain State police, he was enter
tained to lunch by -Shaikh Salman bin Hanad and returned to
the ship scon afterwards.
176. B. O.A .C.
(!) On the 23rd, in theg&arly hours of the morning,
a - -3’ p’4* C " flying-boat G-AHZB Crashed into the sea while
align ting a c Cne Bahrain i" urine Airport. Seven passengers
and chree members of the crev/ were killed. Sixteen people
escaped with shock and injuries.