'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia' [‎169r] (337/440)

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The HonidoaC/i
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Could you isluftse reier to my dml*orriolfltl letter
Ko«12Ql* i 9 a. tuu th« 2utii v*c«t*:ber .934 9 on ti:e oubj^ct of
arbitration with tft* * orolan Government over Bahrain.
2m At the end of the loot pora^r of ti.at letter X
urew attention to the uniortuaate effect which an Interaction
«1 coiamieai,n f sitting at tianraln 9 ana Investigating on the
spot wiiether Bahrain did or did not belong to Urn Snai .h 9
would have not only on the raos of tiie Gull 9 but throughout
the « rah world. in this connection an article which appear
ed in wh^t is probaoly the leading Arab newspaper, the
fuqattam of Cairo y is of eome signiiicance ae indlcatiiig tne
inter eat which is taken in oulr alfaire by tL« Arabs outside
it.
3* The article in question, which appeared in £o«13971
of the 'uqattam for >ecember 17th 9 waa entitlea "The Issues
of the Shatt al ^rab and Bahrain before the League of Nations.
wh«t is demanded by Iraq, and what is demanded by tarsia*.
The article enumerated the question# at issue as oliowes
1. The refusal of Persia to organise her political
relations with Iraq.
The desire of Persia to occupy a portion of tha
Iraqi Ghatt al ran and tne interference on uie
part of her official# there with the Iraqi officials
from tiao to time.
3. /
The lon^le ^r.f.A. .uetcalie,
C .5 X • I» • V • «,
oreign secretary to the uevemtuent of Imla,
Hew ^elhi.