مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎٢‎٠] (٤٧٢/٣٩)

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(i v ) Briti sh Detachm ont.
Reference paragraph 158 (vi) of Summary No 0 19„
has
Ihe fourth man from the former Palestine Police
since arrived in Bahrain,
Inspector Cochrane, who is now on secondment with
the Qatar Government, is not expected to rejoin his post,
166 • .QAI4R.
(i) 'Bi^itish_Adviser .
Mr. Deardon of the
has accepted the offer to take
Adviser to the Ruler of Qatar,
(ii) Ruli ng Famil y,
British Legation, Tripoli,
charge of the post of the
,, Tho Political Officer, Qatar, has been told that
z ® allowances which ^he family succeeded in extracting from
Abdullah before his abdication are still being paid by Ali,
and amount in the case of the Bani Ahmad and Bani Jabr to
Rs.110/- each per month, which the recipients do not consider
adequate.
(iii) Royal Navy .
^• M.S . "Flamingo M (Lt. Commander D.J.
Gordon, R.N.) arrived at Doha. Calls were exchanged with
the Political Officer the next day, and as Shaikh Ali was with
hrs father in Kara'an, Lt. Commander Godden was unable to
call on him. An excursion to Umm Salal was organised for
officers and men of the ship, H.LLS. "Flamingo" sailed for
Bahrain on the 7th.
(iv) Visitors .
0n the'6th the Assistant General Manager (Personnel)
of the Iraq Petroleum Company, Mr. Kinch, accompanied by Sir
H. Todd and Mr. Stoker, visited Doha. They ca.lled at the
Agency where they met Salih al Mani'. They did not appear to
have any particular business to discuss, although they expressed
to the Political Officer the anxiety' of the Company that the
Ruler should seriously tackle the problem of education at the
earliest opportunity and promised the Company's support in any
plans which he might draw up,
Mr. Gibson of the .Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, who
is mentioned as the next General Manager of the Iraq Petroleum
Company, and a number of other notables in the local oil world
came to Umm Said on t e 11th to see the successful pulling of
two of the four sea-ljnes. The remaining two were pulled on
successive days.
0 n the 10th Mr. Hart, Gray Mackenzie's representa
tive in Qatar, came to Doha with Mr. Campbell who is succeeding
him. On the 11th they called on the Ruler and Mr. Hart intro
duced Mr. Campbell and took his leave.
167. TRUCIAL COAST .
(i) British Interests ,
On the 30th Mir. E.R. Helm arrived at Sharjah and
took over from Mr. F.-J. F’almer as Station Superintendent
International AeradJLo Limited, Sharjah.
During . .