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thoy wore okaying four days and by porniionion of oho Uhaikh

of Dahraln* Bhort-iy after this a Qatar polloo poot woo
established no or Zubnra within the area it) which tho Shaikh
of Bahx'ain claimed hie rights* His people iMufa* thoroforo,
had to movoi'froin tho vioinity of the pooh*
5* The Shaikh of Bahrain tw? uakcdllcr Majesty's Government
to draw a lino showing tho boundaries of tho urea In which
ctal
ho ..had righto 4 and to onouie that the Shaikh of Qatar doee not
intorfero inside that area with polloo and patrols# lie sold

thorc wuo a map in Uor riajo&ty'f? Government's possession whic*
oilowed thlo area, Ho agreed in further diouoosion that he was
not olairoing sovereignty over thio aroa, and that for instance,
if oil were found in it, that would belong to tho Shaikh of
Qatar and not to him. But ho wished to havo a clear, definition
made by Her Majesty’s Government mid not by the Shaikh of Qatar
of what tho area was in which ho could exorolco hlo traditional

righto.
6. The Minister of State onid that Mr. Burrows would be
inutruoted to r.iuke it one of bin first tanka to study thio
matter of ter hie arrival in tho Persian Gulf and to cond a
full report to the Foreign Office* llo would try to noouro
an agreement with the Shaikh cf rotnr no to what, tho nrc.n was.
vAdW 4- Vifis) oMkoWTibU ^
If not, it would bo nocononry t.o conaidcr what other stops
f\ jdu ^ aotjLrr
oould bo taken to occuro a doojoion.'i\>
oyCU^v O/HaW^n * Jtko
7* The second question which tho Shaikh wiohed to raise was
that of tho ooa boundaries of Bahrain; Bahrain was a email
island and its existence depondod on tho nurrounding ocas whioh
» *
it had always used for fisheries, baling, eto. He was under
the protection of Uor najeoty9!) Government and they had defendod
him against tho claims of the Persians and the Su^ko in tho pact*
Ho how asked thorn to dofond hlo territory against Baud* olairao*
i
/o.