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CONFIDENTIAL Peralan Oulf Residency,
Bahrain,
D.O.No.047-3 the 2nd November, 1946*

S'
Will you ple.a4e^refer to your demi-
official letter No.C/1172 datod the 17th October,
1046?
e. I am unable to follow the argument

at paragraph 3 of Belgrave's letter because the
calculation of "i of the duty" depends upon the
rate at and bnoia on which duty la charged. I
should be grateful if you would get the matter
elucidated.
3. In passing I should like to noto
that if Bahrain is made a free port it will be

impossible to exclude one state from the benefits
of the port. However, that need not be gone
into yet but it is interesting to note how the
Qatar phobia invades Bahrain development projeots.

Captain H.D.H. Ranee,
Political Agent,
Bahrain.

NPO.