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GOVERNMENT OP INDIA?.
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Dcpurtment. Ll22iL_,I
Confidentlnl.
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).

(N.U.— V\U it «i« ORIGINAL tnttmgt $,nl by AIR MAIL wAiVA prooiAtt a mtanjfof tommunlcaliou mort
expeditious than the ordinary vnatI and i'i cheaper than the telegraph. It »» intended to be treated $
on receipt, loith the ntin« expedition at if it had been telegraphed. To tare tune and to obviate
formalitiee it %e drafted in the form of a telegram• It if Ay signaturert,v a
reipontible officer of the Department,]
No. 544-51 of 1933.
J9a/cci 3rd November,

prom - Political Resident,
Buohire.

To aoorataiy of Ctate for India, I/)ndon,

xttafwDOK«jj^r
Repeated Deoretary to the Government of India,
internal Affaire Department,
New Delhi,

Political Agent, Danrain.

.subjecti Bahrain Unallotted Area.

Rsfsrcr.cs Political Agent Bahrain's Kspreas Letter No.D.T.85,

dated the 16th October 1933, with onaloouro.

8. The Political Agent Bahrain's letter would fleam to reinforce
the arguments for the opinion I gave in paragraph C of toy Express
Letter No.C/337, dated the 19th June 1933. His Majesty's Government's
proposal that the Shaikh should postpone his deoision sine die is

obviously most unaooeptablo to him, and if this suggestion is turned
into a decioion he will certainly feel that his interests and those
of his at ate have been oaorifioed, whioh opinion will, I think, be
shared by all hlo subjects. In this connection His Highneas'a
arguments in paragraph 3 of his Memorandum beginning ’'The revenue

from Oil is of vital importance to Bahrain* are of much weight*
Further /
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