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Bahraini relations with I bn Sa'ud, 1920 631

o.iiling out bajond i.h«» outer buoy, u dl.itttijo* of uU ir.ilon Into the
open ocM end th.ru do bhjlr tnuiohipnunt. naturally no one oaroa
to Uo thi >, especially IT thoro is tho slightest wind on, and
.Shaikh Xoa known thin.
13* uonolualon.
(a) Tho f<ra 1 Ci it ol‘ tho i&attsr la that Shaikh Isa lo unooo-
promisingly obstinate, ho poaueauea vast wealth, h* wants more, bis
policy lu .i-lwayo to take all ho oui, and away no thing, oven
shore it i/ioano bettering tho conditions of his own 1-j funders.
)ia
hxbn.ue solflshnenu bhalkh lou'o whole, policy, end oils dally
sees till-. in i. hundred and one airw.ll vigjyn in hie dealing'-} with thio
Ag;noy.
Uhaikh leu new begs in liln letter to bo ullottad to return
to the ;-*•;* tux a a in existence before the war* Uo forgot* thnt 1
opsnt a week trying to porauado him to adopt bills very tax, and so

oono to an anloablu agreement with bin baud ( according to your
ordvro vide bolo grata Uo. Odd dated loth Unroh, 1030 )•
(b) Jhaikh leu quurllounly oowplainn that he was n>v»r asked
to put forward hlto views and objections, while bin 3aud*s side of
things wao all put up to aovurucumt* hero uraln Ini forgets that 1
over
talked tho mattors/fully with him, and took down hlu all objeotloni
in writing and submitted them to you ( vide ray 53-0 dated 30th
February, 19?o)« Vihore Ohalkh lo* goes wrong lo that he ullowo
Jr.oim jvI uhlrawl, who was never present at our interviews, to ans­
wer your lottore# anl the latter makes statements whloh are cont­
rary to fj.oto.
(o) Finally Uhalkh leu forget.) that bin baud's request wpa
that no duty xhamtd at all .should be obax-gsd on transit goods,but
only ■ AumuiAU", or ground rent#
(d) , In oonolualon, I consider It would be unwise to ma):o
any oonoeuaiona to tJhalkh Isa. U* should be told that an order
given by Ulo Majesty's Uovomment lu Intended to, b* obeyed, Uhoull,
howovor In futuro bhulkh Xna find hluaelf lu difficulties# he ohoul<
bo also told that if ho puts forward hie oans- then*
always be mout plenaod to oyopathotloally o one Id or then.';
it, on tho pthor hand, you oonsidsr it '•xpedlont rtoVxtta^t;.:
sorou a how of oonowortinp nninathina* than Tnusirest, *lh 'Should