مجموعة ٦/ ١٠(٢) "شؤون المملكة العربية السعودية: الوضع المالي والداخلي" [و‎‎٢‎٥] (٥٤/٤٩)

Confident ial
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i^ushire
GOP'*
Keaidency,
, the 4 th M
My dear nightman,
^ould you please refer to your letter .C/269
of the 23rd April 1939 on the subject of the £isaibi family
at Bahrain.
1
I believe that, as Bullard points out, Ibn Baud
ib still in debt to the ^usaibi family and is presumably j
trying to be generous to them by proxy throu^i the Bahrain I
Government. The financial relations between ibn Baud and }
the ^.usaibis are of course not our concern, but v/hat is
our concern is to ensure that the family do not establish
a position in Bahrain as official or even quasi-official
representatives of Ibn Baud, which of course is precluded
by the Bahrain treaties with us. ihe family have tried
to do this in the past and at one time gave a good deal of
trouble in Bahrain (vide Bisaoe’s letter ho.60-T, dated the
*cf i6th JoveE)ber i9;30 ’ to the Government of India, and connected
correspondence). If they are given any encouragement they
, undoubtedly try to resume their pretensions. rhe
^ exemption from customs duty on one of their cars, mentioned
| ky you, is from one point of view a sort of consular or
^diplomatic concession. lou should point out the above
considerations verbally to the Bahrain Government, and
should they have granted the concession (it is not clear
irom your letter whether they have done so or not) you
should suggest that they should make it quite clear to the
family /
H. Weightman, Bsq.,I. C.S.
Political ^gent,
Bahrain.
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