"14/88 III B 33 جزيرة طنب" [و‎‎٣‎٨] (٤١٨/٨٠)

placed hereeaf In the ^rong, ana it wlflbt fairly be aPruRed that
the noumoil ViOuM decllno to deal further iptth the caPCo Tn
there circ^metanoer the v^lue to Perria of her clalw «otild
diBaoocar, ana f^la ra .lertyV Government vqv O l A he in a far
Btronger position ^or dealing T.ith Perrian attewpte? at
eneroachTnent In the futureo On the other hand any reluctance
Bho^n "by Hit? Va^FPty's aoYOvnncat to a judicial examination of
the care could scarcely fail to nuggeft that the Perrian claia
*a«5 not entirely devoid of nerite, >hile a definite refueal ^onld
greatly inoreare the value of the claim to Persia, whether &s an
areet in treaty ne^otiitlonr, or ar a ifteane of pursuing a policy
of pin^pricke®
1J56 On the question of the internatlooal position of Bahrain^
r.lr John iiRon a^reer that, on the aeeunption that no change in
the Btatup of the iolind ir c;ontoinT>l4ited f it my te well to make
it plain that Fie I'ajerty*8 OoTemwcnt have not acquired, and
do not ceolc to acoulre, hy uouroation or othervl6e f jurisdiction
over Bahrain ap a Fritlrh poreef3nif»i 0 T*ut in hie oninion, the
fact of the r hel}ch having eitrurted hlR ^oreifm relations to His
Va^erty'R Oovernnont in one of procedure only and not of
ruhpt'jntlve righto ^le hciXh d^er not thereby acnuire any
greater right to indenenrtcnce from Persia than he hid heforeo
It mcrrly r?eanR that a nlaiw by Perria or any other state murt
be refen^S to, and settled with, Tfis'' Vi^erty 1 ® Oovemment inp lead
of *ith thr tiolth hiwrelfo } ouiilly in taking over the foreign
relationp of Bahrain Kls Kajerty 1 © (Jovernwcnt have not acquired,
and cannot acquire, any better riffht or title in the mtter of
the Perpian claim than ir ^ofeeBsed by the rhoikh M«f.elfo The
poeition 1 p that aB Hie rajorty's OoTemmcnt have the conduct
of Bahrain's foreign relatione, they have the full international
frcpponelbility therefor, and they cannot nlead the internal
relationship/