'الملف 8/11 صحف محظورة ومقالات صحفية تحريضية' [و‎‎٤‎١] (٢٦٠/٨١)

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Baghdad l27.i?
B®irut ^54
Bahrain ^opy.
British Conaulat^
Damaacas.
Ntv.6th I^23•
'3itaation at Bahrftin
My L»rd.
^ith r«f«r«nc« t» My irarandiattly pr«c«ding despatch I have th(=
h«Ti»ar t» report that *1 8«nt a Dragompn to oxpostalato with tho Editor
•f th« T Alif Ba 1 concerning tho diagracoful articlo already roporttd.
My Dragoman had ardors to insist on e domonti being published
within 48 hours under pain of official action upon ay part.The fom of
tho dementi was laft to th^ imaginetion of the ^dit4r.
2. Tho annexed demonti wr.s accordingly published this morning and will
I venture to think^prove satisfactory enough & might be considered to
close this incident.Tho editor insists however that he received tho
news in a letter from a certain Muhammad bin Abdulla A1 iChalifeh,whose
attitude might soon to call for surveillance.I venture to hopo that
my strong action will meet with your Lordships approval.
7 . Dementi as published follows-
»The Bahrain Problem- a gentleman who is well acquainted with Iraq
and is greatly in touch with it,paid us a visit & drew our
attention to the letter we received from Bahrain ^ published in No
95S of Alif Ba.He said that the letter in question is greatly.
oxaggo*t«d and is meant to convey ill will against the British
Consul in Bahrain.He added that what is ascribed to tho Consul can
never be believed by anybody who knows that country and has any
commercial business over there,because the comments of the letter
absolutely contradict the known good political relations idx±3ik now
existing betweon the British (Jovemmot & Bahrain. 3o wo publish what
this visitor says in order to clear the facts about this problem.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
^ith the utmost re pect,
Your Lordships Most obedient Servant
C.a,3 Palmer.
H.B.M. Consul.