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y II. Am therefore l.o the nceurily of this
buuu li.ut II. In. vj. mu fit principally pay i*c«,urd> a id
it nonius l.o me| in l.iiJu connexion, that ll.li.C.
hnvo two r».quiri.mcnl.u ol' any regime in linhrain.
The rival of thorn; in Ihul tho regime should
udroo to ouv retention of our military faciliti is
in the Island for the foreseeable future. Tho
second la that it should he oulficlently
acceptable to tho population of llnhrain to onau *c
tho internal aocurlty ol’ the lslund ami with it
of our Iiquc there. z
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i ei|Uir-. iiionta Lhut Your Kxci.llency considers tho n Z
nationalist regime in bahruin, which might oust £
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tho present Killing family, could not ai’J'ovd to
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sever the British connexion. Yell have told mo
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Lliat the "angry young men" in Itahruin are con-' Z
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uidora.ily loos extreme in their viowi than theji
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counterparts in some of the other cointrios of 5
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the Arab world. Nevertheless 1 canno t but ask:. m
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my sell' whether, even if muintnining tome conncx .on o
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with ll.li.c.., a nationalist regime in Bahrain w ild
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be prepared to accept u British military prouc 1 i< • o z
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there on onythine "like the present conic, or h
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to permit the use of the Iolund as n 'forward l>p ;c z
for operatiniis against an Arab country, unless
huhi’ii in itself wore directly threatened. If

= it wo.<13 not, or if at the least it would not
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accept tiic pc.-stocking of military supplies an.i
the preparation of adequate military facilities
I doubt whether the emergence of ouch a regime
could l>« said to he consonant with our inter, st i.
The ruling i amily of A1 Khali lull, on tho
other* hand, have Y/llJingly accepted the oxisten :o
of a J3i*J.tlsli base, and to ti.is extent are
/entitled

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