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dlffloultlou lunt your coon to huvo originated In the imp**
oultlon or u tax In lieu of Military oorvicc and tlio <iuaat~
iou urlnoa whether, In tho abaonoa of a polltioul ariittffo-#
want, \yo can con tout tho right of Xbn r;a9ud to im:>ooo ouoh
ik tux, hovovor much wo nay bo on titled to objool to tho
uouuocxuou tiul 111-treatment which woo complained of* llko
unJuatlfiAlilu ftuprloonment, flogglngo and tho forcible
ooinure ol' pupor» loaned by a national authority# Ao
regard a tho second point it would appour from tho third
contioicu of '/uragrwph V ot' Col#Aiacoov o deapatoh that tho
Bahrain authorities may regard a pornanont oovorunoo of
connection with Bahrein ao barring a claim to Bahraini
nutionulity oven In tho oaoo of poroone bom in tho islanda

Yu uo not admit that Brltloh nationality can ba lout by any
sojourn, hovovor long, la tho Hojae arid it may bo dangerous
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to corvnit cureolvon, oxooiit possibly by a opoolflc ugroomim*
iaiido In view of spoolul local conditions, to cm aoooptunoe
ol' fch*:. prlnelplo in tho oaoo of Buhruinlo in Uojd#
4# To ou» up, my unwillingnooo to engage in
ciiccuonion of the matter here io duo to two faoto that it
would have to bo bacod on conaldorationa of nationality
lav, the practical applicability of which to the local oon-

dltiona io doubtful| und that It night loud to renewed irw
uiotwice by tho Hojaul Oovomnont An thoir deoiro for a
general dloouauion of Bahrain questions which His Mejaaty’c
Government uro nnxiouu to postpone, although they hare
axprooued willingness to embark on it, if it oon bo a die-
ouooion botwoen tho Political iiooident and Ibn da*ud
coif# If, hovovor, tuvy aouto oltuutlon should arise, tsy
ob i oo t ion would bo ovoriddon by tho importance of protect­
ing gmralno Bahrainio from aorloua 111-troutnont and

ensuring