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EJJccl of Zubarah dispute on relations, 1949 411

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lf.xcollency nor Ills Highness tho
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o- Ij o-u-----k ai./i Shaikh of Bahrain nor the peoplo
of eltht.r country and It is tho

J jl__I sincere wish of Ilia Majesty's
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—» Vo— discard should ceuoe. Instead of
doing so, it is, I am afraid, likely
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Oj j—I I j\j*—^ Ir^ to increase considerably if Your
Excellency doo3 not co-opera to In
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IJI U)j •J_4j____; towards reaching a .settlement.
l—« o—11 o—^A*—U I Should conditions botweon tho two
l J—*—») MU fL-*i—.i Uol countries revort to those before
J_*N| US' the 1944 Agreement (when traffic
^1—1J' & 1* ( Ufi j-JC 4------UuL, botv/ecn tho two countries was vir­
■ J jI-.i ■« b j—%S Im tually closed), this would adversely
u affect not only the people of tho
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U- _S*.*11 J Us U^ j J- two countries but the operations
< .__I of tho oil company operating in
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O —— i * *l*j your country. It is therefore )
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:o— #,v>—’ • tlement us soon as possible.
I j—-~J I * J—» J—1, I •r 3. buch u settlement should bo
Otj*^ 1 q:-* I —~oo I ••^i--—< a simple mutter. Ills Highness the
JL-*3 —Ji^vJlU V Shalkh of Bahrain dope not clalrn
4. U4 l * J—f" ^ I u—i* sovereignty over Zubarah or any
V-J U>w V -uj'lj U5VJ*—i other port of Qatar territory, nor
2 jU, l>——*»- LS ^ does ho claipi rights to oil .or .any
other material therein. lie merely
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r*~ Ij—< lVij-----^iol wishes to send his depondonts.with
Oloi. L— O'—J I l_y—* their flocks for grazing to the
Zubarah .. !