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Records of Bahrain

no . /ylc/fj POLITICAL A 0 S i( o k,
Bahrain* tho (3th Uooember Uiv*

To
Tho Deputy political Resident,
H 3 II 1 it ii,

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Referonoe the Oivll Uormnlaulonor' a Bughdud Ho.,V£701
d/10
dated Slot ootobor UM oopy to ne.
I Dear I urn not In u very Rood pouition to offer
crltioiorau on the throo pointe raiood by Shaikh nbdulluh bln
Ioa Al Khalifah, ao 1 huve only recently taken ovor charge of
political uffufcre at Bahrain* Y/hut views 1 do, thoroforo, put
forward rauet of neoeooity be those of one lucking experience
in the uffaira of the lolandu and I truet duo ullowunco will
be made for discrepancies, and poouibly false conclusions*

before nuking any romurko on tho three pointe raised -
1 should like to make oome general observation*} on the
attitude in general of Jhuikh dir lea bin All al Khalifah and
hia oono aa they have utruok me nowly urrivod uh 1 have in

Bahruin*
Prom converoatlono l have had with both Shuikh ioa and
hie dona on different occuulona, 1 gather that they are
rather unnoceaoarlly filled with ideae of their own importanoc
The rooont world talk of tho "Righto of small nations" and
President Wil3onu uttorenoeo regarding the polioy of self
deterioinatlon eto, would ouua to have had ita effeot on the
mentality of the ruling house in bahrain. I have ainoe my
arrival been frequently reminded by Shaikh Isa that "Great
Britain never interferes in our affaire" - Suoh pointed
phraooa ae the "Hakumat al Buhrain" - the "uulika of Bahrain
(the Shaikhs wife) "Kul uowlah fi huriatiha" oto, have beooae
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