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SECRET

FROM BAHRAIN TO FOREIGN OFFICE •

FOREIGN OFFICE SECRET AND
Cypher/OTP WHITEHALL SECRET DISTRIBUTION

Mr, Gault
No, 629 D, 12,20 p.m. July 15, 1956
July 15, 1956 R, 1.31 p.m. July 15, 1956

IMMEDIATE i
SECRET

Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 629 of July 15.
Repeated for Information to: P.O.M.E.F,
C-ln-C East Indies
A.O.C. Aden !
And Saving to:
Doha Dubai
Kuwait Muscat
Cairo Bagdad
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Your telegran No, 730, f: \"r vV'
I
I delivered your message to the Ruler yesterday afternoon,
keeping to the terms of paragraph 2. He welcomed it as
establishing that the British Government were with him and
asked ine for an Arabic translation so that he could memorize
it before speaking to the Committee of National Union, This
I am preparing today. I referred to the Political Resident’s
discussion with him in early June, about Bclgrave’s retirement,
but only to make ijjite sure that he still agreed to the I
principle of retirement though leaving the moment open.

2. He had, yesterday afternoon, received the letter from
the Committee asking for elected membership of the
Administrative Council and the removal of Belgrave in that order.
The letter which he read out to me was in polite terms and
contained no threat of strike action, simply asking for a reply
as soon as possible.
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