مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎٢‎٤] (٤٧٢/٤٧)

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SECRET
No,19 of 1949
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SOT,{MARY FOR PERIOD
16th to 31st October, 1949,
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155« MOV EMENTS OF O FFICIALS .
(1) Reference paragraph 149 (ii) of Summary No.18.
, . Excellency the Political Resident returned
to Bahrain on the 23rd.
nn M ^: Ho u Ic Jakins ieft for Kuwait in m.v. fI Dumra"
on tn^ Both after handing over charge to Mr. J.A.F. Gethin.
156. VISITORS.
.On the 23rd Shaikh Khalifah, son of the Ruler of
Dubai, arrived in Bahrain from Saudi Arabia where had gone for
called on the Political Agent on the 24th and
left for Dubai by launch on the 25th.
157. ROYAL NAVY .
Reference paragraph 150 of Summary No.18.
H.M.S
R.M.S. "Wren" left for Colombo on the 19th and
Wild Goose” for Abadan on the 20th.
158. BAHR AIN A FFAIRS.
(i) A1 Khalifah .
Highness Shaikh Salman feels it incumbent on
him to return the visit of the Shaikh of Kuwait and has re
quested the Agency to obtain the services of one of His Ma
jesty' s ships to take him and his entourage to Kuwait and back
to Bahrain.
_ _ _ ': 0n th e 18th Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa A1 Khalifah,
0 ■ 0 ° 9 senior uncle of His Highness, left for India for medical
treatment to his eyes accompanied by two persons.
(1 1 ) Briti sh Bank of Iran and the Middle E ast»
, . Mr. Stott of the British Bank of Iran and the
Middle East left Bahrain for El Khobar (Saudi Arabia) to open
a branch of the bank there.
(iii) Trans World Ai rlines .
T.W.A. are reported to have sold their rupee ba
lances in Bahrain to the Banque de I'lndo Chine who are re
patriating them as pilgrims' money.
(iv) Non devaluation of Pakistan rnppp.
Some difficulty has arisen as a result of the
difference between the Indian and the Pakistan rupee. Pa
kistanis ^holding contracts in unspecified rupees claimed
payment in Pakistani rupees. Some local firms have refused
on the grounds that they have in the past made no adjustment
m respect of exchange variations for other nationals in their
employment. Others are prepared to pay compensation.
Pakistani ..