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^ I j 1— .3*V IJ IJ (101010/15/530) POLITICAL AGENCY,
(G«r /\o /\ • i • \ •) £ BAHRAIN,
30th March, 1963.
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To
JI V->- ^jlJ I V I I His Hlghnosa Shaikh Sir Salman
— wJjiJ I j<>- ^ ^ u..... 6^' bln Hamad Al Khallfah, K.C.H.G • >
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I I j5”l—»- Ruler of Bahrain.
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After Compllmont3i
IIJjI__ iVL,^__ sjI I have tho honour to refer to
o ^ *«-rj i— r ^ oV-11 [5 vLL-i. Your Highness's lettor of March 3rd
V- J L-.—JI -k, L^J I 0 L-, f5LO_-l end to Inform you that the Political
dJ J j ^j L-^jJ I tj I Officer went to Zubarah on ray Ins­
il^JldJ-3^i J,----axilla___ W tructions meroly to investigate as
^u—fc |3—* »j d {——) at that stago I had no knowledge of
d^i j I u —« kJ~J I —d I the visit of the schoolboys from
J. ~ J l—TJ o I y-* Bahrain, No doubt the Shaikh of

us^i w l Jdl__ La jni___*1 Qatar's men went originally there for
!
• 4. JL: tho same reason and purposo.
« I *3lJ 4j I--- J)\0 • T 2. With regard to tho visit itself,
I------- ft J 1-----IsY ijj l—jL. 1—L_, ^ J^—i it 1s my opinion for the reasons I ex­
f
- I v If------XI dJ j j < ) i o • plained to you when I visited you on
* urj l—. T l jX) L-j J_^ft ^ J March 24th, thut it wan contrary to
*J> L.ft C .... yj iL*« Lj f tho 1960 Agreement. I am, however,
t—* (_>1—ftI 4 J I-----ftY l.—-*ft l------ taking urgent steps to endeavour to
I * fj I--- ^ J' J «—dft o L-^ restore the situation to what it was
#4—3 IJ before the visit took places mean­
if* t /j-*t O I ^ l—-* . J. JL^I while I would most earnestly urge
i Your Highness to take no action that
^vL l^>.| ^ jil would Jeopardise my efforts in this
Q— pM J, UJ I direction.
Usual ending.

(J-“J Oj^) (J.E.R. Little)
W I ^ - —* U*«J I iJj d I Acting Political Agent.

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