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that it would be imprudont to thrunt advice upon him to the

oxtont of undormining hia confidence in uo or of causing him to
abdicate, Botwoon thooo limito tho timing and amount of
proBQuro to bo oxortod will bo largoly a matter for Your
lixcollonoy* o Judgment,
For tho time boing thoro ooomo littlo more that con bo

offorod to tho loadoro of tho movomont for reform than you havo
indioatod in paragraph 5 of your doapatch No, 101, Wo ohould
avoid boooming ongagod in oontrovorBy with thorn about what

ohangoo may or muy not bo donirablo, Thoy ohould bo told that
although llor r.ajooty* a (iovornmont aro conoornod with, tho good
govornmunt of tho Utato in u gonorul oenso, they do not rogard
it ao their normal function to intorvono diroctly in intornal
matters. They support tho traditional authority of tho liulor

i in intornal administration and rocognioo tho high standard whioh
his (Iovornmont huo sot. Thoy have confidonco in hiu intontion
to introduce any nocoosary roformo at tho right time, Tho
! Kulor* o appomtmont of a comniittoo to invoatigato tho

administration wuu n mark of this intontion, and tho "reformists'1
would bo wall adviood to co-oporuto with tho committoo.
5. I am glad to noto that tho Bahrain (iovornmont ooom now to
havo rocog’niuod tho nood for improving thoir public relations.

Tho lack of any propor offort on thoir part to carry tho pooplo
along with thorn or to oxpluin thoir polioioo andaohiovomonto
has boon a dangorous factor in tho situation, I welcome for

this roaaon tho projoct for o Persian (lulf nowopapor and tho
proposal to opon a govornmont radio station,
6. T noto from tho dooonption of ovonto in your doopatoh
No. 113 that tho couroo which you and Bor Majesty* o Political

I Agont in Bahrain havo in tho moantimo boon taking with tho
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