'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia' [‎148r] (295/440)

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ion with th« question of ill-tr«atm«nt of Bahrainis
in isrsia, s«em to havo b«en controvertod by tho Foroi^n Off
ice - vids thwir Isttwr of 9th Way, No •£• 2633/ i. 516/91 , and
in ^articular th# aseunption thcxt His Majesty's Govsmmsnt
are legally justified in espousing the cause of B; hrainia
in general, this change having been brought about by the
introduction of the Per eian Nationality Law, In para
graph 6 of ay express Letter quoted above, I give the
opinion, however, that there was still e certain class of
3ahrainis with regard to whom His Majesty's Government's
position was not affected by the Nationality Law, and it is
on behalf of these, and these only, that it seems to me
Hie Majesty's Government c*n protest#
12# Protests in general, as we all know, have
remarkably little effect on the Persian Government , and I
have little hope that any protests made on behalf of the
class of Bahrainis in question, will produce results# The
position is of course humilating to His Majesty's
Government and galling to Shaikh Hamad (vide the last sent
ence of paragraph 7 of my letter No#2 T)#
13# <Vith regard to what we should say to the Shaikh#
we should explain to him that there are four classes of
Bahrainis concerned*
(1) Bahrainis born in Persia who own landed property
there#
(2) Bahrainis born in Bahrain who own landed property
in Persia#
(3) Bahrainis born in Persia who do not own landed
property there#
(4) Bahrainis born in Bahrain who do not own landed
property in iersla but are employed there in
casual occupation, such as shopkeepers, coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. etCe
we could go on to explain as follows>
With regard to (1) we can do nothing by reason of
ths Persian Nationality Law and even if these indlvldu*
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