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No. 99 BR31 nTQlf PTCflTnii!MpV_
(10111/27/53) BAHRAIN.
CONFIDENTIAL October 13, 1953.

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With reference to my telegram No. 765 of the 22nd of
September, I have tho honour to transmit horowith a oopy Qf a
despatch from tho Political Agent ip Bahrain dopqriblpg^tho.
dieturhancos which took,place*hero on the 20th and 21st
Sontombor. I .waB myself watching tho procession from tho
l^ofrtpp.o? a house pn .the route and saw a good deal* of tho

disturbance of September 20, which Mr? W&ll'report^, 39
as,my observation goes I can generally confir/n what he.^ays,
except that in ono instance fire by a dotachmont of Polioo,
which they appeared to begin on their own .initiative}, had-the
useful offect of bringing to an end the stoning by a seotion
of the crowd of a group of women and children who were escaping
from another part of the route.
2. Sir Charles Belgrave has discussed with mo various ways
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in whioh tho efficiency of the Police can be..imppoyod by better
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training and equipment and I have roforred.onq particular enquiry
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! of his relating to the possible use of tear gas to the department.
3. The most significant feature of these events is, as Mr. Wall
indicates, the fact that there haB developed even in this
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normally peaceful and placid community a state of tension or

/malaise
The Right Honourable Anthony Eden, M.C., M.P.,
i Her Majesty*s Principal Secretary of State '
for Foreign Affairs,
i Foreign Office, S.W.1.

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