ملف ١٩٢٢/٥٢٢، جزء ٧ "البحرين: المطالبة الفارسية بالسيادة عليها؛ مفاوضات المعاهدة الفارسية ١٩٢٩-١٩٣٠" [و‎‎٤‎١] (١١٢٦/٨٦)

force arbitration on one of it* members regarding
* tiie sovereignty of the latter*.
5. I do not know what the Persian Government will do
next but they might adopt harassing tactics with regard to
danrain dhows, eto. # If we see sign® of their taking this line
I suggest we could issue them with the following warning.
w ,/ith reference to such and such an incident we notice
* that you have started harassing Bahrain dhows (or
* what ever it may be). Je must inform you that if
"another incident of this sort occurs we will report
"you at once to the League and our report will not be
n like yours - an unwarranted claim to some body else’e
'■property - but a definite accusation of a breach of
"international law* We will point out to the League
rt that you have lately brought out gunboats to the Gulf,
"which of course you have a perfect ri^it to do, but
"of whose purpose we were always a little suspicious.
H We now understand what they were brought for* to
"harass Bahrain* As the Shaikh is not a member of
"the League the latter may reply to us officially that
"they can do nothing, but unofficially they will
"probably take you to task, and anyhow our report
"will do you no good whatever in Geneva circles*
"Besides this we will pillory you in the press of the
"world a® a big State bullying a small one. we used
publicity against you before on one occasion, threaten-
'ed you with it on another, and are quite ready to
employ it again. If you go further and comait acts
"of aggression against the Shaikh we are his ally and
"will assist him to defend himself. Moreover - in