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FROM BAHRAIN TO FOREIGN OFFICE
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Mr, Gault
No. 711 D, 3,25 p.w. October 3, 1959
October 3, 1955 R,11.59 n.n. Ootober 3, 1955
PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No, 711 of Ootobor 3
Repeated for .information to B.M,E,0,
and having t° Kuwait & f\ 10 lU-3 3
Doha [grp. omitted] /
Muscat
lly telegram No. 699i Paragraph 3.

The Ruler 1b seeking to bring over to hlo side two of the
ILigli Executive Committee wham lie believes to be dissatisfied with
the polioy now being followed by tlio committee, and is seeking to
induce them to come out against the committee. Neither the
Advisor nor I think the Ruler 1b likely to succeed in this. The
outcome is at present uncertain. The rest of the ruling family
fear the Ruler may give too much away.

2. The trial in Bahrain Court of a case of assault by
an Arab on a British worker of the Arabian Construction and
Maintenance Engineering Company, contractors working for the
Bahrain Petroleum Company, due to take place on October 8 may
give rise to some commotion. British worker originally struck
the Arab and was fined in Agency court. Arab attacked the
British worker sonic days later.
Foreign Office pass B.M.E.Q, as my telegram ilo, 65.
[Repeated to B.M.K.O.],

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