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* OcH-fJ * ^ V lU-^J I J I j I j C Cll/3/1/52) POLITICAL AGENCY,
13AIIHAIN,
•(OT /) /r /l J J* 8th January, 1952.
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To
I V-^L^ ft—--*J I J^>- pAi V I jjS*V I i Ills Highness .Shaikh olr Salman
y-^" * f ^ * y*- * y^ * I A> ^ j LL ^ jwjJ I bln Ilaoiacl A1 Khollfah, K.C.M.O.,
K.C.I.C.,
• I jXU- — * I* *^5* Ruler of bahruin.
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f 1^ ft J 1'^—J ]j J I J-»^f Aft.or Compliments: *»)
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ij-s01 oJIjs^loK I have^thcu honour to refer to
-/O—^11 ^ —- v I—i>* U1 paragraph 3 of Your Highnoss's letter
u—^ fi- Jco I------.if «M o 1 of tfo 9th October. 1951, regarding
i-; J I 5_-w^-J I j, I the division of tl.o son-bed between
i.UJJ—k— ^—*>-j u—^—’ I—* I O *j Huhrnin arid Saudi Arabia, and to

f X----o I------------f £,—JaJI u----- stuto that I have been directed- ty
X IIJc Excellency the Political Resident
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to roply to you as follows:-
v-----vJJV.----- I j\—o IJ I (I) (a) If the western half of
i. XJUI ^ I o—-XJI -—^ISj-jro- the lioinah-nl-Koblr island fell tc
o—^ J lj 4-. | I Saudi Arabia and tho c-us torn half to

•-------L^J I 0 I o-^-J I O—•' Oij^ 1 huSuvln, the median line would pro-
J—X0Li d_J JJj JI Ja. J jk— bnlly go through the middle of the
l -~JJl I-----A I----^ I----- * Island and therefore each State would

ij-------J---->J I o------- J----- ^ L- T s>------- ’ have territorial waters on Its own
•J: sloe of the Island only.
•j------ i—U I (V) (l>) If the whole of tho lhilnnh-
J—;jr—JI«__ i ;_jCl U I—*..**>• I* al-Kablr Island went to Gaudl Arabia,
•h— ..3 J^-A U« <-.-J >U. 4_ylj*. ^jil • lils l!r.Ju:ity's Government would sug­
^ <--- J_.f l I ----- —f-*4 gest drawing a true median line bot-
«■» jJ J-Jtj * ~ .■.) | < -j^ 11 j woor. the Knblr and Seghir Islands.
oH4-*---—£+ l--------- fjjJZ ix_ aJ I IJ---A This lino would then lie approximately
t>——J I --~mJj X-*. J Sj^jS^a-J I gj----4 one and a hulf miles west of Goghir
* O---I O------- - <Ji/—...«*•! I and one and a half miles east of Kobir.
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