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Iranian claims 465

FOREIGN QFFICE 3.Y/.1,
Confldontl al. OU . Novombor 19 $ 1954-

* cthuds'
Tlio Por olein it hciyo taken unolilv’r opportunity to -
ra-otuto tholr claim,.to Bahrain, thlo time In tho
International TolooonmunlcatLono Union (I.T.U.)
2. Aa a rooult of tho announcement In the J.T.U.
Journal of Juno thlo your of tho opening of p rudior • '
tolophono clroult botwoon India and Bahrain,: tho PcroiunD
uont a lottor to tho I.’l'.U. nnd tho' Soorotary Qcnoral . •»
allowed tho following notification to be published?-
"With roforenco to the comnunlcutIon ubobt tho
opening of n rad lo-tolophono circuit India - .
Bahrain appearing in Notification Numbor 690
(lot June 1954) and to tho nowe item' on tho same ”
uubjoct In tho Tolocommunication Journal
(number 6 pngo 109o) , tho Adminiotratlon of r .
in a letter dated 9th- August 1954* rooallo
Bahrain iu an integral purt of Iran. Tho
Adminlutrution of Iran therefore consldoro that . . '
ony communlentIona concerning Bahrain from bodies .
othor than thoao under the authority of tho
Govornmont of Iran aro null and void".
3. • Thiu io not tho firot tlmo that tho Poroiano
huvo used tho I.T.U. aa a medium for stating tholr claim, in •
spit© of -Admin Lo brutlvo Oouncll Resolution No. 262 of June
1952 (of whicii I enclose a copy) , which cnlla upon membors
to rofrain from trying to air political dloputoe In tho
Union. *
4. V/o cunnot allow tills or any other stutomont of
tho Persian claim to pass unchallenged. Glnco tliereforo
tho Secretary General pub'llohed tho Persian notification, v/o
uro asking him to publish tho following reply from Her
Majesty's Govornmont;
"Nor Majesty's Government rogrot tho uao mudo of •
an I.T.U. notifI cation by tho Iranian Govornmont
to further u territorial claim. Howovor, aa tho
Iranian Government's claim to act for Bahru in ha3
been published In I.T.U. Notification No. 704 of
.Soptombor 1, 195^1, Nor Majesty's Govornmont
request that tho following otutemont ulso bo
publlohedi
"There is no foundation for the Iranian claim,
to Bahrain. Bahrain is a Stuto undor
British protection and, in accordanco with
tho Troutico enfcorad into by tho Ruler in tho
oxoroiso of Ills aovorelgn powers, II.M.G.
conduct tho 3'ntornutional rolatlon6 of that
Gbate. Tho Iranlon Government have no ouch
rights by treaty with tho Rulor and oxorclao
no authority in Bahrain. The Iranian .
Government's claim to act oh bphnlf of Bahrain
cunnot thcroforo bo rocognlood ao valid".
Sir Uogor Stovono, K.G.M.G.,
Brltioh Embaoay,
TEHRAN.