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our utmost to pacify tho pooplo h _;jdl oU jOo>o b, p L_*y IcJb uis*
and hoop their oxcitod feolingo
under control, despite nil the pl—iJl ijL*; ij I f jiJl^
arbitrary and unlawful actions 4-yJ- JutfpJLJI j j^pJj jJlt3-JUI
taken by the Bahrain Government
against them, with complete dis­ 1 ja j 1^ • 4i—*> at ji d- J ^ j. J
regard of their aspirations. ^ 44^>JIc.-^3 l *-r 1^ J1
Wo have repoatodly pointed
out those irresponsible and un­ J b-jJ J I U 4
justifiable actions which could (j^>1 ijk f tyJ 1CJi*» J
only make the situation worse, to ^wL^Ji piJIjljj jLup'JI j\ j»—L UirL»5t b.
H.B.M.'s Political Resident and
Political Agonts and which could 4 yUb
us a best resort to push the l Jl J l # l> U Jifj
peoplo to take matters in their P_I jl bjJi>i_.l>- tfoij b*.xtil M>- i-M 4_» 1 luJs
own hands. But the only advice
they would givo us was to bo inor<\>*^**Jl i—yb-j . Ail/ tS^~ bJ
patient. Acting upon their _£U J ^ jl~3 4 Jjvj
well intended council we continu-c < • <~ \ ,. . k*, .
od tolling the poople to wait andO^pr1 ply- v-*^' V
do nothing rash, until they roach-fl* j^i>. hiyL.oL ^ 4uculi U ji
od ouch a a babe of frustration by J L*lTiljldU-JlcJU
long v/siting that we could no moro ^ •
keep them under control. It waso^ k* 4 i-^Jl J Jc L^ui^-
thon under their bulky pressure ^U'Jl ^ ^ U^lbJlJ *iJl v1 J
that we wore fncod to declare a * * ^ " r ^-1
goneml strike which lasted for ;/ o,c*1*io’ u
n full week, bringing all public Ljl>uaJI ^Jl>ujC L/>J1 JL-Oj *lyVI j.j ^ jJl
activities to a stand still, and
was so peacefully ami exujnplarily US* ^ 1 ^jy b£ uJ l pl»J l« jL ^ 1 1 p4U I
obsorved that tho like of which was« jkJh.n.jfipJj • Gs/***^ o? Jb-Jlj*
never before aeon in any othor ur—^ ck ^ a-
purt of tho wold. Wo believe
tho news of it must have come to 1 y-v-vili. j I 0Ui*SUIl U5LJ1
Your Excellency's oars at the time.__^ jJl*_^JI jl Jl ^ j liLJ I, iiaJ I X
Nevertheless, no soonor had this ,[ , . , . u \
general and most poacoful strike C—O* tr31 1 Jft o'e'VS • * f
caino to an ond than tho Oovernmont o j-^Li 0Uil«J1 lu olj,
of Bahrain countor nctod by cutting -ii'i ^l_ji i-sy
one week's pay off tho salaries _ . i 5 . , v/T. 3 .
and wages not only of their own 0 *"i» pj tJ I ^ IaiJ I j liLu
employees but also those of otter ji, . UJ jk~Jl dJ joo J^s^y-luljA 4. jy.
Thiaabut3fordouraolfnc'."ti-ol°woui(i °* ^ v- -11 o' i* J>
certainly have brought very serious ^ *JUj ^ jJl 1 dJ j
trouble.
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hoping to got help from them but * -—*>•& b^>Jl 4^ j: ^ jJl LbJl J ^jiJl