"ملف 19/243 ( I (C 69 الزبارة" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٥] (٤١٦/٣٣٦)

The Qatar representatives visited Me for a fur
ther conversation on Saturday, May 29th.
Their attentions then appeared to iu-ve been di
verted from the Ka 'ia to the adsdeneanour of one Sa ! ud
t nephcr? of the ohalkb. viho it appears had stolen two
horses ^nd tv.-o camels- ond. deca®pocl 1/ night to the lUJim
^t Zulrraii whc^e received e riotous weiconie. The
represent tlvcs ^ere c ytxewly ey/ i ^cis^d in their Hinds
bccac-se thoy id fc i^forgR tion hc .d been received
thrt the Sialkii of Bahrain hi. i sent r Itumcb. cCio^s fox
the purpose of bringing r^ t ud to Bshr ^iri* They implored
use; to intercede In ordt r the t so hospitable a welcome
should not be rccoroee to hi.i; at v.oulc give imbrage to
the Shaikh of Qatar in showing hie that one who on the
face of it was intransigent and recalcitrant should re
ceive this hoaourcble welcome uhlch of itself v.oaid be
a slight upon the Shaikh, the Qatar representatives
further showed taeir dl sap ^ointment la that ^hey have
no? r been in Bahrain for four days ond *as yet had re
ceived r;o direct invitation to resume conversations with
the Bahrain 3overniiant~ I replied tlmt I thought this
was in all livelihood a nisuiiderst nding on both sides as
I myself had seen the ^Gviser and he had definitely given
the impression that the Bahrain Coveramsnt were prepared
at any time to resuma the conversations- Tliey replied to
this that it w. - • strange that the Bahrain Government had
not taken che fix*st stexj towards the reopening of the
negotiations because in the past they had always first
sent intickition as to when they would like the represen
tatives of Qatar to come for a discussion* I told the*
that I would inform the Adviser Immediately of this
impasse and that I would also speak to him concerning
the/-