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L>J I J J * l—I J 1—» If to uso their Jetty os a port of -entry
ly-4*^5^ * •—i—~ o-o *JI Into and dopurture from Bahrain,
J—3 IJ—ft I—j(/v ill They add that this Interpretation has
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j-J I—I y-ft —11 aii^J I (C been confirmed by the fact that they,
i J—J 5—E—.uJ I f .1—I ^ l-, --■ 1T | have usod this pier In this capacity
' Cru----*y I i—4 yS-M. i-JB ],—-------) • for 10 years with the approval of
*—4 J—^—*• O ^—t I j*— S2j LS the Bahrain Government. They further
J 1...+ I L_ 4..J o j—5^| j—J Jl point out thfct the Bahrain Government
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havo confirmed their use of Sltra as
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z j i d Lj. establishment of a Customs post there,
-4- and they consider that the Bahrain
ls jIj—fS Government cannot arbitrarily terminate
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if----—I 4—i— | 4-i their richt as covered by the Agree-
**—* o L-riT- ss US\, L-T went. Thny also point out that of­
j ^'*4—— ~l I if~—* * j l—^* I c«i\t I ficial permission was given to thorn
k 1111 <;_0— o^l/V I in the early months of 1949 by tho
cl— i—-J I $—I erv—->*J I *------ j—^—> Bahrain Government to buoy tho channel

O U-w if-* j /‘j— J ^ (J-* SItra/2okrit, and they consider that
I |j_ft J—j—j.oU 7jL_>.*V I permission to undertake such on ex­
I »vJ'-J 'ZJ l—4 .tijj l^f-4 ft 1 J | pensive installation was tantamount

Cry — y I ^ il—> o—4 O"“ * I l,—. to direct approval from the Bahrain
* IJ Jy* —— J I——w V Government to use Sltra as a port of
: * •T ontry and departure.

IJI I—,J<—;*l—^ L^. 2. Tho Company also inform me
—.*J| I—4—iJ , T that if they are to be prohibited the
t>—t?—S' I—** J (_*j Li ( *j*...... . uso of their private pier at Sltra,
Ui— I ^-j'L-3 ---- 1 L-—i it will adversely affect their opera­
\£ — * »«J I J k......>J I tions, as the altcrnotivo 3Uggestod,
—-O^—i—“ 1----- - I—^ I j Jj------*«Jl l.e., Muharraq and Manamah, involve
4-j'i^ i__ ji far grantor distance and are also
i/'-jiJ I j I f jJ I J controlled by tide and weather
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