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From — The Foreign .Secretary to the Government of India
ig thp Foroipi anat??liticaL Department, Dolhi,
T’o •m Tho Political R031 dont in tho Porsian Gulf, Bushiro.
Do. 119-S.
Dated 30th January 1922.
•Ifatil Govornmont of India aro satisfied that all local
resources of bringing pressure to bear are exhausted and that
intervention is imperative to socure protection of foreigners
and our own position in Bahrain they aro not proparod to- consider*
drastic intervention regarding Bahrain misrulo. Protoction of
Bahrains would have to Tfectivo if it is to bo of any use

and this seems highly improbable judged by irolatod casos in tho
immediate past. We should bo compelled to employ force if $>ur
protection were deliberately flouted. A departuro from the
established pci 'ey of confining protoction to foreigners would in
any case obviously have tory far-reaching results and would call
for most careful consideration. If Abdulla woro told to leave
I Bahrain ho would probably ongago in intrigues from tho mainland
; whore his influence might bo moro dungorous than now. Govornmont
of India will therefore be glad if at oai'liost opportunity you
, proceed to Bahrain and during your stcy ondeavour to resto_ro_
prestige of j\goncy_jmd to impross your personal influence on
•Shaikh and his family.. Shaikh should bo warned that he is
running a groat risk from his own subjects and should doarly

understand that Government will find it most difficult to render
him any support whatsoever if misrule leads to uprising.
2. As regards Abdulla you should suggost that this would be a
convenient opportunity for him to proceed on the haj without
giving definite warning that Government might bo for cod with
repetition of their action in 1905 when ALi Ahmed was deported.
I b You should warn Hamad that on his conduct now will obviously
r4/M//^ldoPond bis ovontual recognition as Shaik. The Shaikh*s uneasiness
reported in vour last letter appears to hold out. that success may
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attend your personal intervention on somjsuch lines as these.

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