"ملف 4/13 II‎ الزبارة" [و‎‎٤‎١] (٥٤٣/٨٦)

house in which they had been living as the Bahrain Govern
ment *s guests* I said that I understood that Saleh bin
Mana had himself left the house which amounted in my opi
nion to rudesness on his part. I enquired into the details
regarding Shaikh Nasir»s leaving the house and he informed
me that on a Friday he left the house and on his return he
found the door closed. He had apparently made no enquiries
for the reason and that he had merely heard rumours in the
bazaar that the house had been intentionally closed as they
were not guests any longer. I gathered that he had made
no request for information through the representatives of
the Bahrain Government. It is unfortunate that this mistaJke
has occurred and I am speaking to the Adviser on the subject.
I explained to the representatives of Qatar that they might
rest assured that the Shaikh of Bahrain would not be inten-
that there had been a misunderstanding and that His Highness
the Ruler of Bahrain was very generous and that he would do
no action which might amount to rudeness and that they con
sidered that the mistake was probably due to the fact that
there had been a mistmderstanding at the previous day’s inter
view between themselves and the representatives of the Bah
rain Government. I told them that they should immediately
inform Shaikh ’Abdullah bin Qassim of what they considered to
have taken place and should not leave him with the impression
that the Bahrain Government and His Highness the Ruler of
Bahrain had been intentionally rude to his representatives.
tionally rude to them. They both
that they felt
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