مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎١‎٢] (٤٧٢/٢٣)

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the Shaikh disembarked a salute of five guns was fired for
Seni °r Naval Officer returned the call on
n.L? P? 1 ?? 6 * 0n the 17th th ^ ship arrived at
J haikh gaid bin Maktum, O.B.E., Ruler of Dubai, and
? onj Shaikh Rashid, called on the Senior Naval
Officer on board. When the Shaikh disembarked a salute of
five guns was fired for him. The Senior Naval Officer, ac-
companied by three officers, returned the call on the Shaikh
^ d + -^° 0 ^oi^ nch ^he Ship arrived at Umm al Qaiwain
on the 18th. Shaikh iUimad bin Rashid, Ruler of Umm al Qaiwain,
and two of his youngest sons, accompanied by the Political
Officer, Trucial Coast, called on the Senior Naval Officer. When the
bnaikh disembarked a salute of three guns wvas fired for him.
Later the Senior Naval Officer, accompanied by the Political
Officer, Trucial Coast, and three officers from the ship, re
turned the call on the Shaikh. In the evening the Ship left
Umm al Qaiwain and arrived at Ras al Khairnah on the 19th.
Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, called on
the Senior Naval Officer. men the Shaikh disembarked a'sa-
th ree guns was fired for him. Later the Senior Naval
Officer,accompanied by three officers, returned the call on
the Shaikh. He took lunch with the Shaikh in his palace. The
ship left Rrs al Khaimah on the same day.
(ii) Mo vements of Gove rningnt officia ls .
. _ 0n 5th His Excellency the Political Resident
m the Persian Gulf, accompanied by Lady Hay and Miss Hay-
arrived at Abu Dhabi in L.T. ,, Nearchus n . The Political Of
ficer, Trucial Coast, and Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan, Ruler of
Abu Dhabi, went on board and called on the Resident. His
Excellency the Political Resident returned the call on the
Shaikh in his Fort and had lunch with him. In the evening
the Resident left Abu Dhabi and arrived at Sharjah on the morn
ing of the 6th. The Resident disembarked,stayed at the i-gency
where Shaikhs Muhammad bin Saqr, brother of the Ruler of Sharjah,
Said^bin Maktum, O.B.E., Ruler of Dubai,and his eldest son
Rashid, Khalid bin Ahmad, Regent of Kalba, and Rashid bin Humaid,
Ruler of Ajman, called on him. Later the Resident returned bhe
call on Shaikh Muhamma 1 bin Saqr, brother of the Ruler of Sharjah,
and had lunch with him. On the morning of the 7th the Resident
went to ^Dubai and returned the call on the Ruler of Dubai and had
lunch with him. QJn the evening he returned the call on the
Ruler of Ajman at Ajman. The Political Officer, Trucial Coast,
held a cocktail and dinner party for His Excellency to which the
British community of Dubai and Sharjah were invited. On the
8th the Resident left for Ghanadha and Ras Sadar accompanied
by the Political Officer and Mr. Godrai of the Petroleum De
velopment (Trucial Coast) Ltd. and returned in the evening.
In the same evening the Medical Officer, Trucial Coast, held
a dinner party for His Excellency in the- R.A.F. Mess, Sharjah.
Owing to rough seas, His Excellency and his famjly, accompanied
by the Political Officer, were unable to e-mbark in Nourchus
at Sharjah and proceeded to Umm al Qaiwain by road on the 9th,
where after calling on the Ruler, they embarked in Nearchus which
then sailed for Ras al Khaimah. Calls were exchanged in the
afternoon of the 9th. On the 19th a partridge shoot was ar
ranged for His Excellency in the Jiri at Ras al Khaimah followed
by lunch at the Fort, after which His Excellency and party em
barked for Bahrain. ,
(iii) U.S. Navv .
November
On the 27th/U.S.S. "Valcour” arrived at Snarjah.
Captain Hensel accompanied by Lt. Col. D.G. McCaully, Medical
Officer
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