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4. While no doubt this would not commend
itself to Ghnilch All, both the Adviser and
I fool that Shaikh Gulnian lius advanced ciuito
a lot in hie thinking in that he apparently
no longer regards Zubarah ue oo vital
a matter ao lie did say 10 months ago or oo
and that u settlement oan therefore be
regarded ao that much noarcr, or, perhaps wo
should suy, less impossible. The Advisor
considero that the Zubarah dioput.e nov/ only
roully exiotu in the mind of Ghaikh Sulman
himself. The root of tho A1 Khalifa v/fculd
bo quite prepared to compromise in order
to roach a settlement, and he himself would
very much like to eoe a comploto burying
of the hutchet because he feels that the
dispute does more ham to Bahrain than it
does to Qatar, However mildly the Ruler
did take the Adviser's intervention, the time
doeo not eoem quite-ripe yet for the
effecting of a settlement - but tho Ruler
of Bahrain's foelings about the matter have
obviously become a good deal milder.

(C. A. Gault)
January 12t 1956,