"ملف 19/163 II (C 77)‎ علاقات نجد-البحرين" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٢] (٤٤٤/٢٩٨)

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Requested that in any further comrnuni.
>S on this subject the under-mentioned letter
nninber nay be quoted, and the reply
issed to
he Under Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
India Office,
London, s.w. 1.
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INDIA OFFICE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W. 1.
- ay, 1939.
bus !~ : ; r e reside ncy
No......
Date.
CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS
Sir,
With reference to your express letter of the IGth
November ^ No. 577-8 of 1938 ^ regarding the claim of the
Saudi Arabian Government to certain islands lying between
Bahrein and the mainland ? I am directed "by the Secretary of
State to forward for your consideration a copy of a demi-
official letter from the Foreign Office enclosing a copy of
24th April, with enclosure. ) of despatch No.40/ dated the 2nd March;
from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda on this subject.
2, As the assertions of the Saudi Arabian Government
are in conflict with those made in para.5 of your letter
regarding the position of Bain as Saghir in relation oo
Umm Na'san and the position of Bain al Kabir in relation
to the mainland and to Bahrein Island, I am to request
that 5 as suggested "by the Foreign Office, steps may be
taken, with such expert assistance as may be available, to
obtain more precise information as to the location of the
two islands, and that the results of these investigations
may be submitted by you in due course, together with youi
observations on Sir Reader Builard's despatch.
3. A copy of this letter and its enclosures is being
sent to the Government of India, External Affairs Depai tment,
and to the Political Agent, Bahrein.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Hon'ble Lieut. Col. Sir T.G.W.
Powle, K.G.I.E. , C.B.E.,^ ^ ^
Political Resident in tne Persian Guii.
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