مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎٢‎٥] (٤٧٢/٤٩)

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T . ., . Pakistani employees of the Petroleum Concessions
Limited an Qatar demanded full payment in Pakistani rupeesc
When this was refused by the Company and an offer made of
payment of bO/o of salary in Pakistani rupees the employees
struck work. ' ^ ^
19of them came to Bahrain and threatened to stay
here until all the Pakistanis in Qatar returned to Pakistan
^ 0 Fortunately no attempt was made to carry out this
threat and they all boarded a ship for Pakistan.quietly on the
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. Company employs over 300 Pakistanis in Qatar
and.it is expected that at least 80 more of them intend to
resign.
(v) P earl i ng .
. .Almost all local pearling boats had returned to
Bahrain during.the last week of October. The number of boats
engaged in diving this year is reported to have been 84 with
a total number of 3092 persons manning them.
(vi) British Detachment .
Reference paragraph 151 (vii) of Summary No.18.
Three of the policemen arrived in Bahrain by air
during t v 'e period under review and the fourth man is expected
shortly.
(vii) Agricultural A dviser .
The Bahrain Government proposes to employ one
Mr. t 1 orsyth as Agricultural Adviser for the Government and
has asked the Middle East Secretariat, who originally suggested
the name, to recruit him.
159. QA1~AR.
(i) U.S. In tere sts . .
On the 15th Mr. Parker T. Hart, United States
Consul-General, Dhahran, visited Qatar. On the 16th he paid
a call on.Shaikh All accompanied by the Political Officer and
lunched with the Shaikh. During his stay he called on the
local notables. He left on the 18th.
(ii) Shaikh A b dullah .
Saleh al Mani’ has informed the Political Officer
that the part of Shaikh Abdullah 1 s fortune which he got away
to Saudi Arabia is in the Banque de I'Indo-Chine at Dhahran.
(ii) A ir Services .
The Shaiki has given Mr. Bosworth permission to
land his aeroplane at Doha at his own risk. The Shaikh ac^pts
no responsibility, and will levy no landing fee. Mr. Bosworth
arrived on the 21st on a charter flight for the American Mis
sion, and was met on landing by the Chief of Police and the
Director of Customs, who carried out routine inspections, took
a passenger list, signed the log-book, and generally created
an atmosphere of Government,
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