سياسي (خارجي) ٤٨٤١/١٩٣٧ "الخليج الفارسي: الحاج ويليامسون والرائد هولمز" [و‎‎٢‎٢] (١٣٦/٤٣)

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_3I_E_Q Y PH a R OP TaLEGRAM ,
Prom Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf to Secretary of State for India
Dated Bahrain, 24th April, 1938o
Receired 24th April, 1938, 11-50 a.nu
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IMPORTANT
T/109 * For Fowle from Weightmano Please see
Gibson’s telegram No.796, 23rd April, Holmeso Possibilities
are so disturbing that I am bound to point out to you that
permission to Holmes to come to Bahrain after Sklircs’s
disclosures to him ( vide my printed letter Co 235 dated 11th
April) will be advertised by him as evidence of his ability to
overcome government representatives in the Gulf, which he
prophesied weeks ago, J:ou know how such stories fly round and
eifect on Trucial Coast may be deplorable* Request you therefore
urge fuller consideration of paragraph No*2 and paragraph No 0 3
of your telegram Noo274-T dated 3rd December, 1937,
Following may also eiiect (sic) decision* I am informed
unofficially that Bahrain Government intend themselves to divide
unallotted portion cf their territories, offering one to
Petroleum Concessions Ltd, and the other to Bahrain Petroleum
Company, on reasonable terms* There will thus be no scope for
negotiators of Holmes type*