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HO Of 1983*
Hr It iuh Rooldonoy ti.nl conoul uta-tt onoral ,
Uusblro, lGtb Jijeio 1933.

To
Hlo Highness shoikh Sir Abdul Azli bon Abdor Rahman
A1 Faisal As Gaud, 0,0.I.B,,
Sultan of Hoju and Dopondonoiee*

A.C*

Your Highness,
I have tho ploasure to Inform you that, at tho

moment of writing, I an looking forward to the visit of Your
Hlghnooa' Secretary, saiyoil Unshorn, who is oxpooted at the
Roolvlonoy in about half an hour*
I hayo myaolf only returned to BUmhiro two days
ago, aa I found myself obllgod to proceed to Kuwait and thsnO«
to Mohammorah and Ahwuz*
All this travelling has undo it impossible up to
tho prosont to acquaint Your Highnooo with bvonte that have

ooourrod at Bahrain olnoo ny letter to Your Highness of the
18th May. How that I am at coaparatlvo l llsure I hasten to
inform Your Hirjhness of these matters which X feel sure must
be of groat interest to you* I am the more inclined to do
this, as I havo tho advantage of the prosenoo of Your Hlghnestf
Confidential Goorotary who will, not doubt, transfer my lettor
to Your Highness by sure and spoody noons*
For eotno time past, affairs in Bahrain had been
unsatlofaotcry* Hhellth Isa's increasing age had made it
impossible for him to exerolse that vigilant supervision over

affairs, which is so necessary in an Arab 8tato, and, owing
to this weakness, may (irresponsible) petty tyrants had been
growing up in Bahrain, chiefly irresponsible members of the
al Khalifa fatally and the B***rinah wore grievously pppressed
by thorn* uoro than this, tho lnoroasod Intelligence of the
lover olasses, who are now oonotaut readers of newspapers and
also