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Bahrain tolewram No. A32 to Foreign Off loo
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1, A freely elected "advisory oowwil" with tqual
representation for Bnnnis and Shis to examine all publiQ
affairs and draft xmles and recommendations for submission
to the Ruler for hia approval or reasonoa yeto,
2, Formulation pf a legal committee to draft a code of
laws, The code to ha approved by advisory council,

3, Reforms of oourta appointment of judges with law
dogreos, foreigner if nooossary,

Bleated Oounaila for municipalities, Public Health
and Education,
5, Reform of POliqe and aooeptanoe of the prinaiplf
that the head of the Poliae iB responsible for consequcnoes
of any broaah of poaoe,
6, Compensation for viatima of inaidents since the last
10th Muharram and a general amnesty,
7, punishment of thoso responsible for Polioe firing
on the crowds on July lt

U. P.A, is eeslng .the Ruler again tomorrow and those
demands will no douht he diaouBsad, Our object will be*
(i) to persuade the Ruler to ahoept those reforms in
the Courts and Poliae whioh we have already advised,
but not to aooept advisory council or elnotions
(exoopt to municipalities) since these will only
[grp undoe] extremo demands for Democratic fonaof
Government whioh would not be at all suitablo horoj
(il) To gain a breathing spaoe in which these measures
can be put to effoot, and in particular the polioe
oan bo ro-organi*ed and strengthened so that
undesirable demands aan be effectively resisted in
the future, Compensation of some kind can no doubt
be arranged. Request for amnesty oan bp dealt with
by reference to Appeal Court on whioh a British
judge will sit as Adviser,
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