'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia' [‎109r] (217/440)

l«m «r* l»«wa t mkR wrald net be ^ueeeeafniiy ahailenc»A in
the event of *n a^penl to an Int*rn*t1oaai tribunal.
A* Meanwhile, looking at the aatter froa oaite
wether oarl*. St tenet be rentoberetf that even If contrary
te exjwotntloa. the Perelaa Oevernneiit la enoh elrcmmetanoee
fnllet to uum thle argtment, «M ngreoA to rtf«r« the
"Sahrolale” la m foreigner*, the 1 me late ef fect -
iouIA be to deprive of their a*<ut* of livelihood the not
Inoonctderable proportion of theee people who owa ogrloaltarol
property, since foreigner* are not aUewed to hold real
•state la Ptrola,
r.
It lo ooaoe Ivable that la the proposed >uielo-
lertlaa general treaty »ettlew«nt, ehonia It ^S-'b*
oonoloded, a epeaial olimee might be laeerted, enabling
peraons (of whatever age) reatdent la 3P*rala utd olalain
Bahraini fleeaeat oa the father•• »id« to opt for the
rellasnlutewnt of Perolaa nationality within a given period,
Sat in view of the Jemima 'JovernHent*e preooeapotion with
* e proble» of ' :«an»power*, and of their natural objeotioa
to the jreaenoe of large peraamat ooloale* af forelgaem oa
sf,,lir e®H# It may be taken a* oertaln that a proposal to
Invert onoh a olsnee wonld Inoresae oonsldorably the already
formidable difflonltles of the treaty aegotlatlona,
h, the national ctatao af three wo«eall«d
bahraialo' appe am. then, to be briefly that whtU their
right to alaim tahrolni nationality 1* In the majority of
oaaea very doubtful, their Pemlan nationality In the eyen
-Rlen law la ladlepntable now. and would be equally
indisputable were Mrala ta withdraw her alaim to Bahrain,
At beet, n oertaln proportion of them are of dual nationality
whioh one be of little benefit to thorn elnoe their "mnater
nationality