IOR/R/15/2/319

The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the year 1948. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Each report is numbered from 1 to 24 and covers a two week period.

The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:

• shipping;
• visits of British and foreign notables;
• economic and commercial matters, including the pearling industry;
• local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast;
• the work of third parties in the region, such as the Bahrain Petroleum Company, Gray, Mackenzie and Co., and Petroleum Concessions Limited;
• labour matters, especially strikes and unrest;
• local reaction to international events such as the end of the British Mandate in Palestine and the death of Mohandas Gandhi;
• the activities of the Royal Navy;
• the supply of electricity, water and telecommunications;
• aviation;
• the work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit;
• the traffic of slaves;
• quarantine and medical matters;
• weather and meteorological data.

The final page of the final report appears to be missing.