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Shaikh 1 Abdullah bin Qassim should write to me through
a third person when I was myself in correspondence with
him and had actually received a letter from him the pre
vious day. I informed the representatives that the Na'im
had given an undertaking in the same terms as Shaikh
'Abdullah bin Qassim and I saw no reason for presuming
that they were any more likely to break their word than
the Shaikh himself.
3. Towards the end of the meeting I asked him if
they were keeping Shaikh 'Abdullah bin Qassim informed
of the trend of the conversations. They said they were
but that the terms stated at Saturday's meeting were so
impossible that it was not worth reporting them. I told
them that they should keep their principal advised of
everything.
4. Shaikh Nasir then volunteered the information that
the Na'im were causing considerable worry as a number of
other people, Qatar subjects, were Joining the Na'im
gathering and in reply to my remarks that I could not be
lieve that the loyal subjects of Qatar were joining the
Na'im, he stated that the subjects of Qatar were not all
of them loyal and that this extra gathering was causing
concern to Shaikh 'Abdullah bin Qassim. I told him that
I had that morning received a vague report to the effect
that Shaikh 'A.bdullah bin Qassim himself was preparing
for eventualities should the negotiations break down.
Shaikh Nasir said that he knew nothing of this.
5. From iry conversation with the Adviser and from
this interview I have come to the conclusion that the
two representatives had not come to Bahrain with any
prac^tical intentions of seeking a solution but that they
were sent because the Shaikh of Qatar desired to be able