ملف ١٩٢٢/٥٢٢، جزء ٧ "البحرين: المطالبة الفارسية بالسيادة عليها؛ مفاوضات المعاهدة الفارسية ١٩٢٩-١٩٣٠" [ظ‎‎٥‎٣‎٣] (١١٢٦/١٠٧١)

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have expressed the vie™ tn&t
46. The Government ox mai
the maintenance of the independence ox Bahrein,
Koweit, and the dracial dhiefs, is necessary,
protectorate over them suffices against European encroachments.
So long as we do not alienate Arab opinion by undue
as oi -ruscac
""ur veiled
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:ices c.4.so against encroacnmenut
i q-j the ’ ahabi Stats, .at neec i o can oe L*ore expxxciuly
The matter subsequently formed the subject oi
further consideration, both by the Government of India mia
by the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of tne Committee of
Imperial defence, the Government of I nuia on 16tn dcaoher,($?r ,
in their telegram do. 2084- S, expressed the following view:-
"Question whether or noa we should convert our veiled
protectorates in the Gulf into a regular Treaty of
Protection must be considered separately for three separate
categories ... (2) Bahrein and Koweit . . . As regards
'2), now that we are being squeezed out on the Persian
side, and our responsibilities within the Gulf itself are
enlarged, ^:e feel need of some -pied a terre on Arab side
from which we could not be ousted. Such a pled a terre
~ould doubtless best be secured if we declared a definit :
protector 0 t,e over Bahrein. For this would free us from
dependence on precarious goodwill from the Sheikh and from
uiw risk of having to flout world opinion by forcing our
on him should he at any time tarn against us.
temptation at present offered to Persia and to
•ibu cxud up intrigue would be removed. Arguments against
°“ r s, definite protectorate are fourfold -
• a ) d e fc s commitments;
' o) udmin i s trat i c ommi tment s;
" / r;LS ^ c: alionatin_ Arab opinion, and scaring
f- Q1 - zi } s in p? turning to Ibn Baud as
protector oi .rabia for ^rabs against us; and