'ملف رقم 19/109 VII (C 59) صلات الشيخ بالقوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [و‎‎٨‎٣] (٤٩١/١٧٥)

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p.z. 2569/34-
INDIA OFFICE,
LONDON, S. W. 1.
25th April
Sir,
With reference to correspondence ending with the
G-overnment of India's letter of 7"^ April 1934> a copy of
which was forwarded with India Office printed letter
P, Z» 2569/311-, of l^th April, on the subject of the ill-
treatment of Bahreinis in Persia, I am directed by the
Secretary of State for India to s ay that after careful
consideration of the views of the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf, His Majesty's Minister at Tehran, and the
Government of India, he agrees with the Government of India
that no action can usefully be taken invthe matter vis-a-vis
the Persian Government at the present time, except to make
further protests. Sir Samuel Hoare would therefore suggest
that if the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs sees no
objection. His Majesty's Minister at Tehran should now be
instructed to make strong representations to the Persian
Government against the recent ill-treatment of Bahreinis by
the local Persian authorities at Gusbah which resulted in
the death of one Bahreini and serious injury to another, and
t» remind the Persian Government, if he sees no objection, of
the promise made by the Minister of Court to Sir Robert Olive
in 1929.
On the other hand. Sir Samuel Hoare, while in
favour of immediate action on these lines, equally shares the
opinion of the Government of India that no final solution of
the/
Under -Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
S. V/, 1.