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No.15 of 1948
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
1st to 15th September, 1948.
200. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS ,
(i) On the 4th His Excellency Lt. Colonel
A.Co Galloway, C.I.E., O.B.E., Political Resident, Persian
Gulf, left for Kuwait in H.M.S. "Wren". He returned to
Bahrain on the 8 th.
No.14.
from Mosul.
(ii) Reference paragraph 186 of Intelligence Summary
On the 9th Major and Mrs. J.E.H. Hudson returned
(iii) On the 13th Mrs. A.C. Galloway arrived by air
from the United Kingdom. She was met at the Muharraq aero
drome by Colonel Galloway and the Political Agent.
201. VISITORS.
(i) On the 2nd Admiral Connolly, Commander-in-Chief,
U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic^nd Mediterranean, ac
companied by 16 Staff Officers, arrived in Bahrain by air
from Karachi and left on the 3rd.
(ii) Captain Ludovic Porter, R.N., Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf, stayed at the Agency from the 2nd to the 14th
September.
(iii) On the 3rd Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr Al-Qasimi,
brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, arrivedin Bahrain^by R.A.F.
’plane. He was accompanied by two of his sons. He is
staying in Qudhaibiyyah Palace as His Highness' guest.
202. CALLS.
(i) On the 4th His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain,
called on the Political Agent at the Agency.
(ii) On the 11th the Political Agent _exchanged calls
with Commander Best, the new Commanding Officer of H.M.S.
’’Loch Quoich".
(iii) On the 5th Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr alQasim,
brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, called on the Political Agent.
On the 15th he called on His Excellency the Political Resi
dent at Jufair.
203. PAID-1 -AZAM MOHAMME D ALI.JI NNAH.
Mr. Jinnah's death came as a great shock to
local Pakistanis and to members of all communities m Bahrain.
The next day, the 12th September, all shops and offices,
including the Agency, were closed and flags were flown at
half-mast on public buildings. In the evening a memorial
service was held in the luma' Mosque in Manamah where speeches
were~made in praise of the dead man. Cinemas were closea.
Bahrain