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|tho hpnour to transmit herewith copies
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V* (a).’') the Report of the-Board of Inquiry Bet up by the 1 *■;. ;
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Bahrain* Government into the disturbances on March 2nd and B
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March 11th, prepured by Mr. Peace, Judiciul Adviser to the
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Bahrain Government, and Mr, Mav/dsley’, Assistant Judge for Her -’/';
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Majesty.!6 Court for Bahrain; s .
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V., (b) •£comments by Judge Haines on the Report and the actipn fm'
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of. the Bahrain Government, ;and
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(c) .'statement by the Bahrain Government.
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These documents were ull published in u Supplement to the
Bahrain poverrunent Gazette on Oth June. It had been our \
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that they had asked for Judge Haines1 comments^and that these
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would be'quoted as part of their statement, but\ in the liurry of
. preparing! these documents for publication this was not done.
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2, -.'The passage in the Government's statement to. which-the • '
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•public took particular exception, as reported inlmy telegram;
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'oV°\V No* ,:542 P.l?';1Qth June, is the; last sentence of pajjagraph.8, Tl^^.
further's^ement which the Government put out on this
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