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thoy did not make any arrests, lly do remained ut Aradi

tho only thing that would reassure the villagers
being tho presence of is brill ah Officer, There wore
one or tvio oioro alarms or attacks on Shiite villages
in iluharruq,and the Adviuor, with b mobile force
consisting of a fire-engine and a tanker, u couple of

Jeeps and a dozon pollco and naturs scoured round the
island, but no other incident in fact occurred.
21. Bhe liuler returned to fcanema about sunset and
agreed to issue two proclornationsx ono imposing a curfew

from 8.CO ptm, to 6 a.m. and tho other prohibiting the
public assembly of more- than six people, The curfow
order was well observedi only two or throe trifling
instances of disorder during tho night hours carao to my

knowledge, but it 1s generally said that Arabs are not
night-riotera.
82. Tho order prohibiting Assembly was enforced the
next day, September 22nd, both against tho Muharrnq mob,

which had molted away by tho middle of tho morning,
and against tho Shiites who wore still barricuding
thouisolvos in their quarter, Thoir leaders persuaded
thorn beforo noon that tho danger was over and thoy

dispexSod to thoir houses. Very few dhi.itos wont to
work that afternoon, howevorj tho Awall fcrco of
bahraln .labour on duty was about 60/. The bazutr
opened and tho appearance of the town was normal again.

23. The curfew order vies cancelled on September CSrd,
and the order against public Assembly on September 29th,
BAPCO and tho Bahrain (lovernuont had more or leco thoir
full complement of Bahrain workers again by September 24th.

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