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Persian claim to Bahrain, 1948 305

Tho re lu ono utending throut to the quiet ol’ the
Peru Ion Oulf unci thot iu tho exiutonco of a Poruian claim to

Dutiroin which from 1020 to 1984 v/ao frequently auuertod and
au frequently rejected by Hie Itajouty'u Government, who have
alwayu conuidorod it no baoolcuu. Thio viov/ lu buued on a
utudy of the Poruian cuue by the Lav/ Officeru of tho Crown
v/ho were aukecl for their lcgul opinion in 1934 when it wuu
thought that the Peruianu might tuko their clulm to the

League of Natlonu.
During the poriod 1934 - 47 tho Poruian claim to

Bahrein wau not ugain preuued although tho Peruianu continued
to rcfuuo entry into their co\mtry to poruonu whoue pauuportu
had Bahrein viuuu. On tho lut December luut, in an
endeavour to utrengthen hio pouition in the Mujliu ond in
un ill-timed attempt to placate tho Kuuuianu at our expenuo,
Ouvam, who wuu then Prime Miniutcr, made two upeechou to give
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the impreuulon that "ncgotiatlonu" with Hio Hujeuty'u
Government over the Poruian claim to Bahrein Y/cro taking

place. V/o inutructed our Ambauundor to make* un inuiediate
protect but au Quvum'u Government fell almout inunediately
after theue upoecheu it wau agreed to reuervo our
ropreuentationo until the attitude of the new Government
undor M• Hakiini wau known. In the meantime the Ota to
Department, who had accepted our upccial pouition in the Gulf,
inutructed the U.g. Ambauuador in Tehran to diucouruge the
Poruiunu from roiuing the quoution of Bahrein; inutruetionu
which ho hau carried out. On 29th January our Ambauuador
uaw M• llakimi to protect ugainut the prominence given to
Buhrein by certain loft-wing doputiou and the Ruuuian-
uponuored "Tudoh" nowupaperu• Tho Prime Miniuter agrood

that/