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tho matter luot yoar fron any otunrtpoint or law, an an un«lor-
stood nationality law# Naforonoe wuo nado to on Arabian
principle that ulloglcinoa dopondo on rouldanoo, a principle
which Ibn Ga'ud, who lovoo lwwlng thinga both ways, would
doubtlooo not aduilt ao applloablo to IJaJdia In Bahrain but
would lilio to aooort ao rogurdo Bahrainis in Nojd# In this

connection I would refer xuoro partloularly to paragrapha 3
and G of tho quotation fx*o» ColBarott In paragraph 3 of Col#
.liccoo’o dooputoh of Haroh 24th 1930# Thio givoo a peculiar
V m 0 ^ aopoct to the queotion and cmggoste that it could only uac-

fully bo puroued in a general dioouoslon of queotionu out­
standing between Hojd and Bahrain, u discussion on which His
Najoaty’o oerrortoont do not wloh to embark prematurely#
(c) often I vruo dioouoslng the Law on Nationality with Sheikh
Yuoouf Yaoln on PobX'uary 4th, Z said that tho Law interested
uo intoiMilia from tho point of view of its effect on apeelal

cutegorloo of persons with whon wo wore oonoomod and Z aen-
tlonod In paoslng Bahrainis# The Cdioikh at onoo remurked
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tluit their oaoo would oono under tho hood of Bahrain quest­
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ions# for obviouo reaoono I did not purouo tho natter but
what ho oaid confirm# tho view otatod at the end of the pro-
ceding oub-ixiragraiih#
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3. In the olrsxuinetunccG I think that it vouid be
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Imprudent to oiaburk on a diplomatic dlocusslon of tho matter^
= oo long uu any uort of looal modus vlvondi can bo proservodf
ovon if it lo disturbed by occasional incidents euoh as occurred
luot your# If, however, tho dlcouoolon becomes neoouoary, ln^
pondontly of future pooaiblo negotiations on other questions* I
oonaldor that wo ohould ouroolvoo havo a oloar view both as to
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whut Is meant by "good treatment* and what persona wo Intend ,.tO
claim ao Bahraini subjjoota# Ao regards tho first point, tho

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