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to the n or t (tarn encl of the Oasis.
4. The Amir spent the afternoon with me and
I discussed the question of the Bahama fully. I told
him that the Kejdis in Bahrain had a privileged posi­
tion, and mentioned that v/e expected good treatment
for all genuine Bahama in Qatif, and th&t we consider-i
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cd it our duty to see that they had it. IAmentioned
that we had to take up their case as far away as Mu-
hamuerah. lie said that they considered Bahrain and
Qatif as one ( a remark that one often hears, and tfone
which Shaikh Hamad himself is fond of using ) and
said that they gave even better treatment to Bahijana /.
that to to Qatifis.
5. Birectly I mentioned the case of Ahmed bin
1 Abbas he said that he had been imprisoned for smug- ■

' gling and said that his goods were still in the bus- ..
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j toms at Saehat where he lived. When I mentioned thatV"
v/e had heard that he had tl(pn up my letter, he appear-,
ed genuinely horrified, and said that it would be im-'
possible for him to do such a thing, I said that I i ■
had of course not believed it, and had merely mention- .
ed it so.that he might know what had been said.
He appeared to know nothing about the case of ^ah-
sem bin Kaji Ibrahim, and said that he would make in.- >■:
; quiries. lie added that he feared that i 1 Ira in d e d -' pe 0,t-^
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pie had being trying to create trouble and-that'he.;'
was very glad to have had the opportunity pf .discussing
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the matter with me.
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■ 6. He then asked me-.what I considere^h^|g|
the rule regarding the liability \of*:\Baji^na7tp;f/Ji^S||^®
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| V/hy should they escape if other-persons who did.- not^ren
I der military service had to pay.' I -'s a i d " t ha tript. *:
from Customs dues to which all
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