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Visits oj Shaikh Sir Hamad bin (Isa al-Khalifali, 1936 45

Copy of a translation of an address delivered
by Hitt Excellency the Shaikh of Bahrain on tho 3rd August
1936.

Gentlemen,
It pleases mo to oxprees to you how delighted I
am on my return to my dear home and at meeting you after my

auooeaoful voyage* By Clod1 a kindness, my pleasure ia
doubled to oee the demonstration of reciprocal sinesrity
and lovo between you and myaelf o

I seise this opportunity to tell you with great
pleasure, mixed with ray tlionks and gratefulneos to Hie

Uajeoty King Edward VZXI, King of Great Britain and Emperor
of India, of the kind reoeption accorded to me by His Majesty
by the Officials of Hio Majooty's Government and by hia
noble nation* I offer my tlwrnka particularly to Hia
Excellency Lord Zetland, Secretary of State for India, whose
excellent welcome and kindness I appreciate* I hope from
the bottom of my heart that this visit will have good reoult©

in strengthening the friendly relations and confidence
between my country and tho noble Britioh nation for whom I
wish the continuance of prosperity and auoaeso under the
reign of their Great King* I have great confidence of the
improvement and happineoo of my country by the help and the

valuable advice of Hia Majesty's Officials, which I moat
appreciate* I offer my thanks and appreciation to both of
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my old friends, dir Percy Cox and Colonel Knox whoso attention
has always been directed to uo* I roust* not mi as this oppor*
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tunity to thank cordially ray dear friei^do Colonel Loch and
Mr* Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain for their
kind attention paid and asoistanoe rendered to us during
our stay there and I thank all the English people with whom
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1 became acquainted in England* I do not forget to thank
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the Captain of U*M*3* Deptford for hitt eicoclient core*