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14. A lottor dated 27th July 1956 referring to tho "hated
foudallatlc roign represented by dospotic tribal rule" and to "tho
struggle of tho Poople against this rule was produced as well as
two lottors from Abdol Aziz Shamlan addressed to Anwar Saadat, a

Ministor in tho Egyptian Government. (9 & 10). It was claimed that
lottor (10) showod tho Committee's intention to reduce tho authority
of tho Ruler, a corapleto chango from the original avowed policy to
the Committee as stated in the Committee's first notice. Further
that letter (9) showed that tho object of the Committee was to put
an end to. tho authority of the "foudalistic rulor". It was pointed
out that this letter asked Anwar Saadat to persuade Jamal Abdel

Nasr to oppose certain requests said to be contained in a letter
from the Ruler of Bahrain to Jamal Abdel Nasr, sent by the hand
of Ahmed Omran, Director of Education in Bahrain, but that, in
fact, no letter had at any time been written by the Ruler of Bahrain
to tho Jamal Abdel Nasr, Head of the Egyptian State.

15. A long meoorandum partly typed and partly written found
in the possession of Shamlan describing interviews betwoen Bakr and
various people in Egypt was read (Exhibit ?). It was claimed that
this document was that tho conversation described in it was yet
another indication of the objects of the Committee, which wore to
overthrow the Government by force. A newspaper editor was
encouraged to support the Committee by a promise that he would be .

allowed to bo prosent and to havo the first news on tho spot of tho
revolution in Bahrain, when it took place.
16. Tho Adviser to tho Government gavo evidence of a
conversation between himsolf and Abdel Rahman Bakr, representing
tno Committeo of National Union, on the evening of 1st Novembor at

the Adviserate. The witness said he then gave permission for the
Committoo to organize a peaceful procession starting at a certain
time from a cor tain point and following a named routo. A noto
addrossed to tho Commandant of Polico was writton by the witness
immediately aftor the interview stating what had boon agreed upon.

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