File 522/1922 Pt 7 'Bahrain: Persian claim to sovereignty; Persian Treaty negotations 1929-1930' [‎529v] (1063/1126)

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^ In these circumstances, I am inclined io
our
best course will probably be to concluds
if possible simultaneously, or very shortly after, the
withdrawal of the Persian claim, some further agreement
with the Sheikh, the effect of which would be to
regularise the degree of internal control exercised, oy
us without, however, declaring a formal protectorate, and
I suggest for consideration that in consulting the
Government of India on the terms of the article to be
included in the new Treaty with Persia on relinquishment
of the Persian claim, we should ascertain their views
and those of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. on a prep octal of thii
nature. I submit a draft.
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7. The~ above deals with "general questions of
future policy. The immediate question is, however, the
nature of the article to be included in the draft Treaty
' 'e are likely in any case, when it comes to the point, to
have a good deal of difficulty in pinning the Persians
cown to a formal abandonment of thpjj^ehxTms^to Bahrein.
On the other hand, this^drs^aTcritical stage, and it seems
essential now^h^ever, to get from them a formal
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recognition of the independence of the islands, and of
oar s P iJ cial relation to the Sheikhs. (^h4s—was,(of cour^e^
the line we took with Ibn Saud^ in 1915 and 192^.) It is
probably unlikely that we should get the Persians to
6 a n article which formally recognised the
independence of uhe islands and their relations with His
Hajesty s Government. Re might, however, this as
oui fir-u line, failing which we might ask for the
recognition by Persia 0 ft"special treaty relations
xisting between His Majesty’s Government and the
independent Rulers of Bahrein’ 1 . The Government of India
c ^ nQ - °li^ical Resident : s Colonel Barrett, who will
n ° W WXil b> -as been Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrein for