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Visit to London of Shaikh !'Abdullah b. 'Isa Al Khali/ah, 1919 593

I tola nitn that tho British Oovornmont wan, for ills
purpoae, tho Government of India, to whom I would oond

priwately a memorandum of whnt ho had Bald, and who, I was
ouro, would oonmdor tho Shoikh'o wiohoo oympnthotloally,
in view of tho ftlondly rolntiono nubaleting botwoon thorn.
I hopod that tho 3holkh would nlwayo opoak quito frankly to t
tho i’olltlonl Agont and toll him nil that who in hlB mind
(ho Bald ho did, hut woo not nlwayo ilotonod lo)t ana I
aoauroa him that fifi tho Drltinh Oovoninont haa no desire to
Interfere with hio indopondonoo for tho onxe of intorforing
or for any other f)urpo30 tJum wan providoo for by tho
troatloo* I aokod him to oond in a moraornndum of hio
points whloh I would aond to tho Oovornmont of India
prlvatoly with my own. Ho undortoijk to ao oo, and oxpreBBod

himeolf eatioflodo
It would aoom aoBlrablo that tho Oovornmont of India

ohouid send oemo Kind of onewor to tho UhoiKh, for though
Abdulla oxprooooa himaolf with ontlro prop^rloty, it wao
oviaont that ho und his oompunlono woro vory muoh in
oamost.
(Intld) A.H.

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