'File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers' [‎182r] (369/534)

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Reference your memorandum No, g /202 dated 18th May, 1922.
The Director of Customs at Lingah has sent the Karguzar a
copy of. a telegram received by him from the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs to the effect that all Bahrain people are
Persian subjects and are to be given Persian passports. Just
before my departure from Lingah I understand that the
Karguzar himself received a letter from Bushire to the same
Irfff effect with the addition that no Bahrain! should be allowed
to enter or leave Lingah except if in possession of, a Persian
passport. The Karguzar also stated that he was informed that
Yamin-ul-Mamalefe had discussed the matter with you, and it
was inferred that you had agreed to this.
I did my utmost to persuade both the Director of Customs
and the Karguzar to allow a Bahrain subject to proceed without
a Persian pass but each department is afraid of the other
reporting its departure from these instructions, and the
Karguzar is not really willing to help. The impending visit
of Yamin-ul-Mama 1 elc makes them more than usually nervous
of infringing any rule. If only one department was concerned,
I think I might have been able to arrange'it, but in the
present circumstances I have found.it quite impossible to do
so.
The prospect of retaliatory measures being taken on the
other coast does not appear to interest the officials cone
cerned, as they would not suffer from them personally, and
do not seem to be actuated by any patriotic motives.
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There is a steady flow of Bahrain subjects ^Bahrain and
Lingah, and if the present situation continues, these will
all be subjected to great inconvenience, and in some cases,