'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia' [‎164r] (327/440)

t ion o ** p!. ^uo^ttan .No 139^ 1
Date^ T) <> cenb e r l^fh. 1954
^he Ipsugs of the i-hp+t ul Aral: a n ^ Bahrai n
b efore the league of i.ations «
’That is deranded by Iraq and wbat is demanded by
T’ersis .
are mcTe men^s in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. the 2hatt ul A~ab
Baghdad and ^ehran which are on -he verge of creating disturban
ces and trouble in the minds of the Arabs of the norrth and
which, if one put +hen toge+her strung +hei^ component parts
together amd wen + deep in studying their causes and ^ac+o-s, one
would see ‘‘■hey owe + hei r origin +o fou 1 " basic sources, namely
l. ^he refusal o^ ^^rsta ‘♦■o organise her noHMcal relations
with Iran in sui + e o-^ the fa ctp that fourteen ^rears have elapsed
since the establishment of + he Iraq Government, that "ersia has
recdgnised Iran since ten years and that she agreed to enter into
a pact, which was contracted by ‘‘■he two countries sever years ago,
to + he effect that Persia would hasten to organise her relations
with Iraq,
?. r he desire of Persia to occupy a portion of the Iraqi She tt
ul Arab and the interference on the part of her officials there
with the Ira^i officials from time to time,
3. '"he desire o^ Persia to take possession of the Islands of
Bahrain and annex them to her dominions on the ground that they
belonged to her in clden times and hat she did not accept up till
now thei- independence and Fe-ne^^ + ion from her*.
4. '"he secret desire o^* Persia to extend her influence over the
western coast o^ the ^ersiar Gulf which is inhabited by + hs Arabs
and is comnosed o^ a few well-Inown stages connected by pact and
o+her ties with + he British Government on the nrincirle of re
cognising their independence bu 4- "estweining them fro^ entering
into pacts wi + h o^her powers, with ^he exception o^ the ^audi
Government which is one of the governments of + he ’ersian Gulf
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