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'File 19/212 III (C 58) Bahrain Transhipment of Cargo' [131r] (274/420)
The record is made up of 1 volume (209 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1934-14 Mar 1935. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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of Kowelt. In his view such p policy could only be
justified as a direct measure of retaliation against the
Kowelt hlockade - and it hod been agreed that there were
serious objections to establishing any direct connexion
between these two questions. Moreover the influence enjoyed
by His iv^ajesty's Government in Arabia and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
rested in face partly on their not using such retaliatory
methods. Two blccks did not make a white and we should
gain nothing by using the illegitimate methods sometimes
practised by our adversaries. further, the Saudi Govern
ment had already been assured that the "Alimedi" incident
did not represent a settled policy, and that His iviajesty's
Government did not intend to blockade Hasa.
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9. SIR A.ITCAN added that s in his view, the Saudi
blockade of Koweit and the suggested Bahraini blockade of
the Hasa ports were not really parellel. A precedent for
the first might perhaps b^ found elsewhere, but it would
in Sir A.Ryan's opinion be contrary to all civilized practice
to prohibit the carriage of goods, by way of through ship
ment, to the Hasa Coast under penalty of the ships not being
allowed to call at Bahrain or compelled to pay transit dues
there. He considered that His Majesty's Government would
not be able to justify these extraordinary measures which
constituted King Ibn Saud's main grievance. In replying to
the. Saudi complaint His Majesty's Government must either
deny that they., or the Bahrain Government, were preventing
British shipping from making direct shipments to the Hasa
coast or they must admit it. He suggested that a possible
course....
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding Bahrain's transit dues. The correspondence discusses negotiations with Saudi Arabia concerning transit fees and trade with Bahrain and the likelihood and possible impact (upon Bahrain) of the Saudi Arabian Government developing Ras Tanura as a rival trading port. Correspondence concerning the convening of a conference about these issues in Bahrain (attended by a Saudi delegation) is also contained in the file, as is information regarding trading activities of the Japanese in the region.
A rough sketch map of a building at Ras Tanura is contained on folio 81.
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- 1 volume (209 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Originally a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
The foliation system commences at the title page and continues through to the 3rd folio from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in pencil, circled and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Foliation errors: 1A and 1B; 54A and 54B.
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- 'File 19/212 III (C 58) Bahrain Transhipment of Cargo'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:31v, 32v, 33v, 34v, 35v:36v, 37v:51v, 52v:53v, 54ar:54bv, 55r:103v, 107v, 108v:109v, 113r:113v, 116r:140v, 141v:200v, 202r:202v, ii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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