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Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Marling (Tehran).
(No. 92.) ^ ^ Foreign Office, May 1, 1908, 5'30 r.M.
YOUR tclograms Nos. 9o and 96: Protection of Bahroineso.
Act of reparation and justico to tho injured mau appears to constitute in itself a
recognition of our right.
If tho_ claim of tho Persian Government to tho ownership of Bahrein is not
reiterated m their amended noto, it seems unnecessary to occupy an island or to
threaten to do so.

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