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4« ;pieaso rofor to the correspondence ending with
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limy telegram No. 19 of 21st February. I hnvo discussod
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•■.Shaikh AH' s letter of the lbth February to mo with the
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A\Shalkh of Bahrain and I enclose o copy (written in
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;V/hast^^ my record of my conversation with him. I hope
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^posltign. soems now to bo that having for years described
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• ,vthe..tribesmen who had migrated from Qatar as yearning to
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.i;gp pack’ there and made a tremendous griovance of their
. fnpt'.'bQiqg allowed to dq, so, now finds himself in the
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jip'idicqlpus position of having obtained permission (though
• ' ;i\ limited’I think by the terms of Shaikh AIJ's letter) for
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;;:£$ome pi?.; them- at least to go*, and finds at the same time
-;.;that ijardly any of them arcs willing to go. For form's
,\:sake therefore he had to retain some grievance and therefore

■^concentrated upon the two guards. I enclose a letter to
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"‘.'Shaikh All asking him to remove them and I hope you can
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get a roply from him saying that he hus done so - we might
then be in sight of the end of this wretched dispute.
You should 1 think explain to Shaikh All that It would be
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'.bettor-to agree willingly to my request to remove the
vguurds rather than for me to have to visit him again and
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ins is t,..upon the removal. llut 1 leave it to you to use
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• ;'!such arguments as you think fit. You may say, if you think
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. v.my denifl'nd for the removal of the guards and that 1 shall
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