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No. 34, dated India Office, Loudon, the 28lh January 1887.
From—Lumuno Nkel, Ai*«i*lunl Secretary, IVluicnl nml Secret Dopartmout,
To—The Secretory to the tjovrrnmciit of India, !•'«•<l)c|mrlmcut.
AA’itli reference to Secretary's letter No. %lbo *>f tlio 8th of October
last, 1 forward herewith, for the in­
I.vtlcr from t’onijjM Oilin', tlnl»'»l tin1 hll* .limuiin 1H37.
to Jfl»l formation of Ilia Excellency the
Viceroy, copy of the marginally noted correspondence with the Foreign Office,
on the subject of the pretensions of the Persian Government to authority over
Bahrain.

Dated Foreign Office, London, the 8th Jaiinury 1887.
From— Siu Jui.un Paunckkotk, Under-Sccrctary of Stale, Foreigu Office,
'J*o—The Under-Sccrotnry of State, India Office.
AVitli reference to your letter of the Gth October expressing the concur-
re nee of the Secretary of Suite for India in the reply which it wus proposod to
send to Her Majesty's Charge d'AIVaires nt Tchernu respecting the desire of the
Shah to cstnb'ish his authority over the island of Bahrain, I am directed by
the Karl of Iddesleigh to request that you will call the attention of Viscount
Cross to Air. Nicolson’s despatch No. Ill of the 1st ultimo of which a copy
lias been sent to the India Ollicc.
In this despatch Mr. Nicolsou states that, ns the Persian Government has
not mentioned the. matter since, ho has not thought it necessary to communi­
1 cate to them the views of Iler Majesty’s Government on the subject, and that
unless it. should be again referred to lie proposes to let the. matter drop.
I am to inform you that Lord Iddesleigh proposes, with the. concurrence
of the Secretary of State for India, to approve the course adopted by Mr.
Nicolson.

Dated ludia Office, London, l.liu 21st January 1887.
From—J. A. Goui.ky, UudiM-Scm'iary of J'lalc, ludia Office,
To—'Plic Undcr-Sirrolary of State, Foreign Ollicc.
I am directed by Viscount Cross to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the bth instant, and in reply to state iliut 11 is Lordship concurs with
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in approving the course recom­
mended by Her Majesty’s Charge d’AIVaires at Teheran, vis., to withhold tho
communication to tlie Persian G •vernment of tho views of llcr Majesty’s
Government in respect to the Shah’s pretensions to authority over Bahrain
as conveyed in the Foreign Odicc telegram of the 8th October 1880,