'ملف رقم 19/109 IV (C 28) علاقات الشيخ مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [و‎‎١‎٠‎٢] (٦١٧/٢١٧)

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IKDIA OFFICE,
Whitehall,
London, S.W.I.
10th llarch 1927.
Grant of travelling passes to Bahreinis,
ana issue of passports by the Sheikh of Koweit.
Sir,
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1 aiii dl ^ected by the Secretary of State to invite
_your^aUention^to^tiie marginally noted correspondence witii
-From Foreign Office dated 1st October 1926 ) the Porp-i n nrr- /
Jo ditto 4th iJoveaber 1926.) ^ 0ftlCe (c0i ' le3 of
f^ st - )ecem ' b er 1926 .5 which were sent to you with
^ ■ - my weekly letters of the 7th October, 4th Hovember and
6th January) on the subject of the grant of travelling
passes to subjects of the Shaikh of Bahrein. It will be
seen that in their latest letter the foreign Office
suggest that the British certificates of identity now
issued to liahreinis should continue to be issued to them,
but wi tn the addition of a clause to the effect that they
are merely a recommendation to British officials and are
not intended for production to foreign authorities, and
also that tacit acquiescence should be given to the practice
of Persian officials in requiring Bahreinis entering and
leaving Persia to take out IIm -o- Khabar passes.
2. The Secretary of State would be glad to learn the
views of the Government of India upon the Foreign Office
suggestion, the probable effect of which he is not in a
position to estimate with confidence. The view of the
foreign Office that the identity certificates were
originally issued solely for the purpose of production to
British authorities appears to be correct, and is borne
out by the orders of the Government of India in their
The Secretary to the Government of India, -ele^ram
Foreign & Political Department.