ملف ١٩٢٢/٥٢٢، جزء ٧ "البحرين: المطالبة الفارسية بالسيادة عليها؛ مفاوضات المعاهدة الفارسية ١٩٢٩-١٩٣٠" [و‎‎٣‎٩‎٦] (١١٢٦/٧٩٦)

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political Department.
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Sir Robert Clive’s telegram No. 76 of 2nd
April is being submitted separately on the general
Treaty file. The present submission deals solely
with that portion of it which refers to the article
in the General Treaty cn Bahrein.
^• For the previous discussion, please see
the extracts from correspondence flagged f, G H . No
question appears to have arisen as regards tne first
sentence of Taimourtache’s draft. It will be
remembered that we are separately discussing the
terms of the reference to be made in the non-
aggression article to the Rulers in special treaty
relations with His Majesty’s Government.
3. As regards the second sentence, it is very
satisfactory that the Persians should have been
headed off their demand for a Persian Consul. As
regards the alternative suggestion now put forward,
reference is invited to the submission on P. 6acA at,
and to the letter to the Foreign Office on that paper.
So long as the unofficial representatives m&s
precluded from approaching the Sheikh direco on me
affairs of their community, the compromise nov s
suggested (the question of Notes apart) would appear
to be not unsatisfactory. Colonel Barrett, *o called
to-day, emphasised, however, that he regarded it as
essential that the Political Agent and not the Sheikh
should be the person vis -a- vis whom the non-official
spokesmen should be recognised. It may, however, be
thoutJit desirable to consult the Government of India
further before committing ourselves quite definitely.
4 The question of Notes has been discussed