'File 10/25 American Trade Interests in Bahrain' [‎9r] (17/88)

been
received this
year. Again
the request so
far as it
coneurns the
motor vehicles
makes no mention
of any Consular
or Leg tion '(iistrict', that regarding the import and
export figures, on the othur hand, mentions "in its districts
4. On the first occasion, I thought that Mr.Knabenshue,
who is aware that we are charged with the foreign
relations of Bahrain, had merely used a loose phrase.
Now that the ph^se has been repeated in a more formal
communication, I feel that it is necessary to report it.
5. Unde-r our Treaty 'vith the Shaikh of Bahrain
of the 13th Manih 1692 the United states Gtovemment
cannot establish a Consulate in Bahr in, nor can they
correspond direct with the Shaikh, and it seems to me
to follow that they cannot include the Bahrain Islands
in any Consular district of theirs.
6. The United States Legation and Consulate-General
have, so far, recognized our special position here
(a) by Rlr. Knabenshue during his visit to Bahrain asking
me to present him to the Shaikh and expressly saying
that he knew that we were chained with Bahrain's foreign
relations, .(b) by his writing to me for iniomation
and (c) by instructing their nationals to come to me
for certain notarial and other services. It may,
therefore, be conside^d that there is no need
at/-
requests, noted in the ma-r^in, which have
Letter No.850.31/AJl/gkm dated the 26th January
1936 from the Third Secretary and Consul, _ / ,
American Consulate General, Baghdad, for the /*'
Minister T^sident and Consul General, to the
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Letter No.a79.7/AJiyjSM/jnc dated the 5th , /.
February 1936 irom the Tnird Secretary and - [ ^
Consul/ American Consulate General, Baghdad, for
the Minister Resident and Consul General, to the
political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain.