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                   86                        Records of Bahrain

                                        CONFIDENTIAL
                                    FROM BAHRAIN TO FOREIGN OFFICE r'

                       Cypher/CfTP                       DEPARTMENTAL
                                                            DISTRIBUTION "*
                       Mr. Wall
                       No. 780                 D;4>35 p.m. December 4, 1954
                       Deoember ’. 1954        R: 1.51 p.m. December 4, 1954
                       IMMEDIATE
                       CONFIDENTIAL
                            Addressed to Beirut telegram No. 50 of December 4

                       Repeated for information to; Foreign Office
                            Situation reports,
                            8trike appears to be about 90 per cent effective. So far
                        no picketing but some intimidation by anonymous letters.
                        Incidents reported up to 2 p.m. Police controlling main
                        road lexlits from Manama and using the Ruler*6 Bedouin in
                        three outer posts, and for patrol of pipeline. Delivery
                        of mall and telegrams not possible, but Cable and Wireless
                        arc able to receive and despatch English language messages,
                        and the postmaster has moved to the Agency to handle malls
                        vrhloh are [? gp, omitted] from the airport by R,A,F  • t
                        Air servioe unaffected, but sea port working except for
                        passengers, disembarking at a standstill.

                             Foreign Offioe pass to Beirut as my telegram 50,

                             [Repeated to Beirut],

                        DISTRIBUTED TO:                 ADVANCE COPIES TO:
                        Eastern Department              Mr. J.O. Ward
                        Communications Department       Private Secretary
                        Conference and Supply Department Head of Eastern Department
                                                        Resident Clerk


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