مجموعة ٣٠/ ١٤٩ "البحرين: العلاقات السعودية مع البحرين. زيارة الأمير سعود المقترحة إلى البحرين." [و‎‎١‎٥] (١٢٣/٢٩)

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4* On th« following morning I was enabled to pay *
formal call at Hafa'a on His Majesty who had with him only
the Amir Saud and Shaikh Hafiz Wahba* The Interview lasted
half an hour and I found an opportunity to tell the King
something about the abortive agitation which occurred In
Bahrain last autumn* His Majesty said that he knew well
that It had been entirely foreign in origin and he proceeded
to blame Iraq for the trouble it causes In neighbouring States
by its press and wireless propaganda. The disturbances In
Dubai were also mentioned and the King made it very clear
that his sympathies were entirely with Sheikh Said bln 1/aktum.
He then said that he wished to give me some friendly advice —
never to believe any news from the Coast unless I had verified
it myself. He thought that much of our difficulty with the
Coastal Shaikhs in the past had been due to inaccurate infor
mation from our previous Agent theref and he added that he
himself had much the same trouble with some of his outlying
districts. He wished to assure me that on more than one
occasion he had advised Trucial Coast Shaikhs to placa their
trust in the British and to cease making stupid difficulties
in regard to sir facilities and so on. His Majesty was
politely enthusiastic about Bahrain and the admirable relations
which exist between the A1 Khallfah and ourselves| and at
this point he said that there was one matter which he wished
to mention as the friend of all parties concerned. Ha had
intended tc rciae it with Sir Header Bullard if the latter
had been able to come to Bahrain but he thought it would be
proper to speak to me about it. He had been much criticised
for not attempting to make peace between Bahrain and ^atar;
it was a stupid and unnecessary quarrel and ought to be ended.
In the subsequent pause I remarked that I also was graatly
concerned at this quarrel and was constantly on the watch
for/-