'File 19/212 II (C 47) Bahrain Transit Trade' [‎27r] (67/538)

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Copy 01 letter Ko:0/l dated tiie btn January iyjj irom tne
iolitics.! ii ,6nt ,Bsiir?.in, to tb.6 aclvisgt to tue .dsiiram CfOvern-
inent,Baiirain.
i nave tne Honour to refer to our conversation ol tiie
^otii x>eceinber and to mlorm you tnat a protest nas been
receivea irom tne ua T uai ^rab G-overnment in connection witn
tne r Aninecii f incident.
, ilie tia f ucLi ^rab Government enquire
(i) wnat arrangements are being made to avoid tne
recurrence ol sucn an incident m tne future,and
(liy wiiat permanent arrangements can be made tor a
Liutua^ij satislactory settlement ot tne transit
dues question.
it seems possible tnat tne action tairen by tne State
against tne T Ahmedi T might be justified as an isolated case,
because tne principal snipper ol tne cargo destined lor tne
La inland fMuiiammad i#iarzu(^) deliberately broJte ms agreement
v/itn my predecessor tnat,ii ne were allov/ea oversiae delivery
ne would pay a net £ /0 transhipment ciiarge,would unaertai^e to
ship not less tnan 3,000 bags at a time and would retrain from
chartering special vessels ^ carrym^ cargo direct to tne
Mainland.
it seems,on tne otner nand,certain tnat tnis line oi
action could not be adopted as a general policy,because ol
its mterierence witn legitimate trade which would afiord
grounds lor complaints which it would oe diiiicuit to rebut,
and also because^in the long run,it would lead almost without
CcOi :t to the extinction ol tne transit trade now enjoyed by
Bahrain.
Ii,thereiore,in iuture,a vesseLdf snouid bring cargo partly
lor Bahrain and partly for delivery at a Mainland port it
would appear to be impossible to do otnerwise tnan to allow
her to land m tne ordinary way tne cargo consigned to Bahrain
at Bahrain.
4t. It seems clear that tne only course open to tne Bahrain
Government,which is nicely to conserve tne transit trade,is to
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