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the Reformers’ hands in an attempt at conciliation for the betterment of all had

suffered a setback as the Movement in Bahrain had ‘gone too far’. 867

Due to the Suez War, the Hungarian uprising, and the US’s presidential

elections that took place between late October and early November, the coverage of

Bahrain’s disturbances in Western newspapers did not receive the attention that

past conflicts on the islands had done. However with the trial of members of the

NUC and the exile of three others, the world’s press kept a close eye on their fate and

a campaign was launched to help them. As for Belgrave, the following months

would mark the end of his long tenure in Bahrain.

867 TNA, FO 371/126869, Bernard Burrows’ Persian Gulf: Annual Review for 1956, 15 April 1957.

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