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Sir D, Burrows D, 1,32 a,m, Ootober 28, 1955,
No, 771 R. 7,36 a.m, Ootober 28, 1955,
October 28, 1955,
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Addressed to Foroign Offlog telegram No. 771 of Ootober 28.
Repeated for Information Saving to Kuwait
Cairo Damascus
Jedda Amman
P,O.M,E,F, Beirut
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Your telegram No, 933; Bahrain. Situation.
After further involved negotiations the Ruler held another
meeting with representatives of Popular [sic] Committee on
October 27 at which he announced agreement to committees for
health and education being""indepondont", i.o, presumably to
their independent administrating the funds allocated to those
departments and agreed that whon a penal code had been worked
out foreign experts should bo brought in to train local- judges.
As a result tension has been greatly reduced and no demonstra^
tions are expected. The only disturbing feature in the’longer
term is that the dommittees may facilitate the entry of
Egyptian technicians in replacement of British,
2» There was apparently no reference to collection of
money for Egypt,
Foreign Office pass Jedda and P.O.M.E.F. as my Saving
telegrams Nos, 22 and 50.
[Repeated Saving to Jedda and PtO.M,E,F.],

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