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Mr. Kirk and hia party called at the Agency and were^taken
by the Political Agent to call on His Highness the Shaikh

at the Manama Palace where His Highness and his uncles gave
his visitors a very friendly welcome.
Mr. Kirk and his party left Bahrain on the last stage
of their journey to Riyadh in the afternoon of May 10th.

Mr. Kirk was visiting Saudi Arabia in order to present to
His Majesty King Ibn' Saud his letters of credence.
(ii) Mr. James S. Moose, Charge dfAffaires, United
States Legation, Jeddah, arrived on the 17th May and left
on the following day.

(iii) Mr. Najib Saleh, one of His Majesty King Ibn
Saud*s Ministers, arrived in Bahrain on September 24th and

left on September 29th. He accompanied Lieut.-Colonel
A.C. Griffin, Middle East Supply Centre representative at
Jeddah, who had come to Bahrain to discuss Saudi Arabian
supply problems.
Civ) Mr. Twitchell and tv/o other members of the United

States Agricultural Mission to Saudi Arabia arrived in
Bahrain on June 6th for a short visit.
20. Visits of Arab Notables

(i) Shaikh Subah bin Salim as Subah, nephew of the
Shaikh of Kuwait, spent a month in Bahrain as the guest of
H.H. the Shaikh.

(ii) The Shaikh of Ajman paid a short visit to Bahrain
in May in order to condole with the A1 Khalifah on the death
of Shaikh Hamad and to congratulate the new Ruler. He had
flown to Bahrain from Dubai*

(iii) Shaikh Said bin Maktura, O.B.B •i Ruler of Dubai9
accompanied by his nephew Obaid bin Jfcuna, arrived at Bahrain
on the 27th May to condole with the A1 Khalifah on the
death