"ملف 19/163 II (C 77)‎ علاقات نجد-البحرين" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٨] (٤٤٤/٣٣٤)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
flnnfidantiai Department.
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
[N.B. This an ORIGINAL message sent hy AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to he treated,
on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had hetn telegraphed. To sjve time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated hu the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department^ *
No. 589-S Bushire,
iU 22nd June ^ 39 •
To „ His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Repeated The Secretary to the Government of India
in the External Affairs Department, Simla.
Political Agent, Bahrain.
Sub.ject s Saudi claim to certain islands .
Reference ^ %
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Reference correspondence ending with my Express Letter
No.539-S dated the 5th June 1939, I enclose herewith a copy of
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letter Ho.0/355-1.a/29 dated the 29th May 1939 from Political
Aiwnt, Bahrain, together with the map referred to in his paragraph 2
(marked A) and the sketch map mentioned in his paragraph 5 (marked B).
2, I agree generally with the Political Agent'e views.
' In the first place it is for His Majesty's Government to decide
whether the line suggested by the Political Agent is a suitable
one as a basis of discussion with the Saudi Oovernment. Before
however, it can be communicated to the latter the Shaikh of Bahrain's
approval of it will have to be obtained. But before this step is
taken it would be useful, as suggested in paragraph 7 of my
Express Letter 2fo?a/223 dated the 26th May 1939, to ascertain from
the Saudi Government what is their idea of how a dividing line
should run. T .G.yoi«LS
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Attested
[Signature)
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for Secretary to the tolitical
Resident in the Persian Gulf. (Desqnatvm)
S. 44.
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