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Press pronoganda.

There appears to be a slight decrease in the
press propoganda referring to Bahrain in the Arab and

Persian newspapers owing perhaps to the regulation
v/hich forbids newspaper co-respondents to enter the
country unless they have previously obtained permission
to do so.

a long series of ably composed articles were
published in the "Iran” tracing the history of Bahrain
and its connection with Persia from the earliest days

until the present time. Tfto articles showed signs
of considerable research both in Persian end Arab

histories and in European writings and by judiciously
emphasising certain points and almost ignoring other
points the writer succeeded in making the Persian

claim to Bahrain appear very substantial, To anyone
however who was acyuaintea with the sources from v/hicn

the writer obtained his information and also many
sources v/hich he deliberately ignored it v/oula be
apparent that the perspective of his historical summery
was incorrect and leant unduly in the Persian direction,

To quote an example; the writer refused to
admit that Bahrain belonged to the Portuguese, lie
states that Hormuz was originally a tributary of Persia

and was occupied by the Portuguese, Tfie Portuguese
sent a force from Hormuz and took Bahrain but they took

it. not lux’ txioiilScx. Vu b Out xOl* uOi'iiillZ tmu because uOx'iuUZ
was originally a tributary of Persia therefore Bahrain
was taken by the Portuguese for Persia,

The articles caused a great deal of interest in
Bahrain especially among the Persian community.