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nati nullty, and Captain Prior hae noted nuourdinjily.
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The queetlon io not a nee one. in 1987 oortuln
Bahama oubaittecj^etitlon unking to Imj allowed to
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return to Buhroln from <<utif, and Colonel Buftretl, the
then /■*olitioal Agent, in reporting to the .rolitioul
Kuaident wrote ao follomn
•The ruler of huh ruin ii» precluded by troaty
with Hin uojeoty'o (iovanmuut from having diroot
relation with a foreign power wuoh aw the newly
* h tub Hubert atuto of ilijua unci Jtejd, uurt uo he
hue correctly roferred the petition for Die
ordero of the Hon'ble the Politloul nuuidont.

"Ao the petitionero huve been uo long
ruuiaent in >*,utifv uml uonalderlng the oircuiautiuictf
in which tney originally eiolgrateel .i do not oon-
aicier thut they have iujy mill on shaikh lluMud'u

r protootiont even though iiomo of then imve icept
: !• up u connection with Bahrain either an trnaura or
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ovniero of property both in uunruin ana ut vurut
:: i' or Uutif in liejd territory.
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**Uy enquiries uhow that no difference of
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nationality lo rooogniuert between the mibjeoto of
the vuriuuo shaikh* of the (;ulf area, A man
transferring hie domicile from Dubai to Abu Jdiabi
for inutunee would have no further claim on the
Slutikh of hubui.
"X put a hypothetical oune to I’Juilkh :Ju'id

bin MulctUH of Dubul uml he wulcl that the moot he
would do, if a former uubjeot uuked fur hio inter­
vention, would be to write u letter to the j'liulkh
Of Abu Ittiubi unrt auk hin to do uoine thing 'to pleao
the hHurt* of uuch and ouch portion, but Iwj would
not oonuidnr hiunelf renponnible in any way nor

would ho expect a favourable reply.
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