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I have the bondin' to report that uincc despatched to you
my telegrams Wo. 20 oi' January Gth and Wo. 20 of January 7t.h
there has been a marked increase in publicity about Persia's
claim to sovereignty over uahrein.
2. Articles on thin subject are now appourinu frequently in
newspapers oi' all shades ol* opinion uml the official oi’nun oi’
Qavum al Sal tuned's Democrat Warty lias mudo the Uahrein question
one oi the main planks in the political platform ol the party.
A View feature in this u^itutiou is the emergence of u ao-cullecl
Uahrein /rational Warty which cluims to represent the real wishes
of tin: Uuhrcin people. According to the press, the leader of
this Party, Abdulluh Ziruh, has recently come to Tehran and has
been assuring Members of the Majlis of the keen desire of the
inhabitants of Uahrein to be reunited to Persia, He is ulso
uri'inj the adoption o,/ the Cabinet of certain measures designed to
help Uuhreiuia to realise their aspirations, These include the
opening of more Persian schools in Uahrein, the appointment of
special officials to khorrumshuhr to maintain contuct with loyul
Persians in Uahrein, the institution of a special programme to be
broadcast to iiatircin from Tehran, and the admission of a Member
for Uahrein into the Persian ilajlis.
S. Several references to uahrein have been made in the Majlis
during the current Debate on the provisional budget for the last
quarter.of the current year, but the replica uiven from the
Governmen IviYavo been evasive and non-oommital. Up to the
present, therefore, there has been no indication of what action,
if any, Hukinii's Cabinet propose to take in this regard, 1 fear
however that there are Loo many people interested in keeping
Uahrein continually under discussion for it to be reasonable to
hope that then agitation will die a nuburial death.
4. I urn sondinn copies of this despatch to Mis Majesty's
Ambassadors at Washiui* ton, Moscow and u^dud and to the Hritlsh
Middle East Office, Cairo.

I have the honour to be with the highest respect,
air,
Your moat obedient luimble servant,
<r^

The lii|rh t Honourable Ernes t Hcvin, M. P.,
His l.lajeuty'o Principal Secretary of State for Foreijn Affairs,
Foreign Office,
London, S.V/.l.