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•to#CO# BKITIliH LXOAYIOH,
JttDDA,
February 10 th, 1931 •

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In your despatch !Jo*14C (£0040/917/91) ©f Wuy
1*1 tli lust, you instructed me* unless I now any objootlon, to
toko up with tho HoJatfi Oovowmont tho question of tho posit*
Ion of Buhrainio in iCl-Huan, on the linen miggoeted In pura* .
.v • grupho G and 7 of tho Political Aouidont1© dospatoh 2lo®10 of
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March 124 th 19-30 to tho Colonial Off loo® At that tima 1 saw
no objoation to tho notion proposed hut tho natter had ceased

to he urgent from u practical point of view und I was prevent
od by pressure of other work from carrying out your instruct*
Iona iumodlately® I regret that subsequent Illness defeated
my Intention of disposing of tho mat tor before X went home
and Mr•Mope 0111 thought It batter to louro It until my rot*
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2. I havo now roconoidorod tho matter and I have
reached tho ooncluoion that It would he lnadvioublo to raise
tho question at present, unless any oorloufl difficulty lo
boing experienced in ol-Uaou# hiy reasons aro ao followst«*

(a) As I havo roportod in another despatch tho Hojasl
Govormaont aro rovloing tholr Law on nationality and prop**
oiso to uaond tho artiole oltod In paragraph 3 and dlooussc
in paragraph 4 of ColtBlsooo'o deopatoh of Uaroh 64th 1930
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In a nannor wliloh will safeguard tho right of forolgnerb
without puporo to provo tholr nationality at any tine*
should afford a remedy, If that Artlolo has anything to vj
do with tho attltudo obaorvod hy tho Nejdl authorities*
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(b) It ooono doubtful fron tho oorrospond noo whothorlbii-
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au'ud and tho authorities In Hojd vor« raaOly looking «v|
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ills Majesty9o Principal ssorotm^y of stats ■

for Porolfin Affulro, .

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