File 522/1922 Pt 7 'Bahrain: Persian claim to sovereignty; Persian Treaty negotations 1929-1930' [‎174r] (352/1126)

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your latter. m<l to the olmrumhloms of tin kir Ministry,
pm$l& be dispoiled to ^ro> ; , with Sir Jom Simon that the attitude
au^e^stad in para* 8 of your latter should be- adopted mi this
point ♦
?• r^pwrd^ Itegori. the docrtt-ary of Utato rould wish to
a'vmif the vi owh of tt : -e lords Owiiaaioriara of the Admiralty t who
ere primarily ctfted* But t.s mt proamt ndfiaed. whi.10 he
ivou;h be disfooeed to etr'^jr iu the adoption of tht proposal
that ineteati of a leaoe t% definite undertaking:: efieuW be given
by tiX iersxm Sovemieut th&i ttie proHuna facilities at
ehoulil b cantinaed for a tea of yr^r^. of ahioh the nu.^tr
should be b pacified, he fears- that it tii.phi be of little nm
to obtain an ^reement with the ninieter of boort. unless in m
definite fora wliich would he incorporated in the treaty*
8 * In rt^ard te tha caicluni'.r, reached in parn* 12 of your
letter, moely that if (the air route concession be in ; aoparatad
from ■the gmeral n^:otUtidne) it ie not poeaible to secure
the offers vuieh bm® provioaely hi-, a; made c ait ingen tly to
Persia, with the adkiiUoa frestumbly af b-r; renrdning dDl'.> # uOO
of war debt end posaiuljr other o^ctmcxons, be ^mle good |
in ratum merely for the withdrawal of tea msubstantial Vvrnlm
oiai*ia to Bahrein, Ttasb. mci Abu it may V,© doubted whether
in suoh cirouffictmccs it is worth niuie to rcnclu:0 a treaty at
ail* In teds ccmaaeum 1 m doairod to refer to -iir K* Olim i
despatch Fo* 3-13 of June 26th, 1931, in which the cmiclmim
was reached, that Ids hajesty* s Government are u®likely to be
seriously iru^vmimcod if no general treaty is amolu^ tor
the presmt. If therefore Tateourtaohe docs not roorte from ’rds
present position regarding Henj^a md U bo xs not ^
conclude a treaty cm the goaoral basis already wut forward by
His Mejottyte Government, Sir Saaiuel Hoars (though he
racomiaec the desirability of improving cur relations wioh
Persia if possible) would su®«et (subject to th^ mmm of the
Government