مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎٤‎٨] (٤٧٢/٩٥)

SECRET .
No.14 of 1949.
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BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
to 15th August, 1949.
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116V MO
OF OFFICIALS
On the 3rd Mr, J.A„F. Gethin left for Doha,
Qatar, in the Agency launch “Trenchard Fowle" and returned
on the 6th.
117. VIS ITORS .
(i) On the 3rd Sir Hugh Weightman of the Central
Mining Syndicate arrived. On the 4th he left for fatar
returning to Bahrain on the 5th. On the 7th he visited
Sharjah, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, returned to Bahrain on the
8th and subsequently left for the United Kingdom.
(ii) Mr. Coste Florets, French Minister of Colonies,
passed through on August 5 in a special aircraft on his
way to Indo-China. He came ashore to lunch.
118. LOC AL A FFAIRS.
(i) A1 Kha lifah .
Reference paragraph 97 of Summary No.11.
Shaikh Muhammad bin Isa al Khalifah, C.B.E.,
who has been on holiday in Syria and the' Lebanon, returned
to Bahrain on August 11 by way of .Z' 1 ^^-^ria. He called
on His Highness the Ruler the o—^ aay a”'*
Agent on the 14th.
(ii) Reference paragraph 103(i) of Summary No.12.
There have been breakdowns in the machinery
of both Hussain Yateem*s and Abdur Rahman al Gosaibi’s
ice facterles. As a consequence the price of ice has
risen recently from annas two to annas eight a pound.
(iii) Independe nce D a y Ce lebra tions .
Local Pakistanis celebrated n Independence P
on the 14th evening at the Pakistan Club. Indians
brated on the 15th. There was a flag hoisti^'* . .-.ony
in the morning and a cinema show and spcec^c^ in the evening
at the new ,, Awal , ’Cinema. His Highness, members of the Al
Khalifah, and local notables attended the evening functions
of both communities.
119. UNI TED STATES NAVY. '
Captain . .G. Hensel has succeeded Captain
W.V. O’Regan as United States "gon^dore" in the Persian
Gulf and gave a small reception on August 12. The U.S.S.
'•Greenwich Bay" which arrived on August 6 left again on
August 13.
120. SYRI A.
The assassination of Colonel Hasni Zaim, the
Syrian President, and Mohsin Albarazi, the Prime Minister,
moved