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'File 19/212 II (C 47) Bahrain Transit Trade' [‎120r] (255/538)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (254 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1932-30 Dec 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Finally, 3ir Andrew Ryan had now expressed his views,
which were shared by trie Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , on the general
.question of tactics. Ke re contended that the Saudi
Government shoula he informed at the outset of our
correspondence with them that the 1920 arrangement was
regarded as unilateral and terminable. He advised further
uh&t it ua & ht ea,se matters if the tasK of the conference
were expressed to be the production of a working agreement
for a period of, say, 3 to 5 years in the first place; and
that it might be preferable to say nothing in our official
jconminication to the Saudi Government about the Bin Jiluwi
and iwarzuk Agreements.
ii.ee bin^ agreed generally not to pursue further the
question of port dues or of tonnage discrimination, and,
bubjeco to the modification that it would be preferable to
say nothing or very little about the grant of fiscal
autonomy to Bahrein, to approve the general line of tactics
su & ^ested by the Minister. Colonel Fowle mentioned in this
connection that the precise degree of authority of the
sin Jiluwi Agreement was by no means clear. It was quite
Possible that it was merely a local arrangement entered
iflto without reference to Ibn Saud,
Sli—Laithwa ite said that the next Question was that
0x ^ Actios to be adopted by Bahreini representatives
^ the proposed conference. It looked at though the only
' :s&pon with whl ch we could lumlsh them was a threat to
■apose dues on the Hasa cargo ovessels such as the
'Ahmed 1" which called at Bahrein en route to Hasa ports.
i.ould oe necessary to use this weapon with care both on
^ternational and other grounds.
kllf—Warner said the Foreign Office were averse from
tills threat, while recognising that consideration
must/

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This file contains correspondence between various British officials regarding the transshipment of cargo at the port in Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence discusses Bahrain's right to levy transit dues from Saudi Arabia on cargo transshipped at sea and cargo entering the port at Bahrain (from Saudi Arabia). The correspondence also discusses the likelihood of Saudi Arabia successfully developing a full-scale port at Ras Tanura and the impact that this step would have on Bahrain. Correspondence between British and Saudi officials is contained in the file.

The file also includes correspondence with the British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and detailed correspondence regarding a ship named the Ahmedi that was barred from entering the port in Bahrain.

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1 volume (254 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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A bound correspondence volume. Foliated with pencil number in top-right corner of each front-facing page, from front cover to inside back cover. A second foliation pencilled, uncircled from folio 24- 217.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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