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o- From
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Bahrain.
To
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Bahrain.
After Compliments
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We have the honour to acknow-
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ledge your letter No.Cll/3/1/52
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dated 8th January, 1952, being a
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reply to our letter of 9th October,
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1951* In our letter we did* not refer
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that you wished to obtain our views
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about whether we might be willing
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for the sake of a settlement, to
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to Saudi Arabia. Our reply to this
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is that we would be willing to
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consider ceding half or all of the
island to Saudi Arabia but we would
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not agree to a line being drawn
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either through the middle of the
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island or 1 •£• miles west of Bainah
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al Saghir and 1-J- miles east of
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Bainah al Kabir if this line is
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intended to continue northwards.

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