"ملف 19/243‏ II (C 72)‎ الزبارة" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٠] (٤٤٤/٣١٠)

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fhe Baiiraixi representatives finally agreed to
the . v atar proposals iaeluding the unconditional
withdrawal of their claim provided that the agree-
ment was accompanied by an exchange of letters to
the effect that if either side broke the terms of
the agreement all the clauses in the agreement,
including the withdrawal of claim, would automati
cally become null and void. The jitar represen
tatives definitelyrefused to agree to this proposal
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ana sent a message, to this effect, by word of mouth
of a clerk*
iifter this final refusal a number of ^atar not-
ables, including Shaikh ,di bin Jasim and mohomed
.
oin l- j C uHt til - l vitttki c . uniinaouiiced, to call
on Shaikhs Abdulla and Sulman and begged them to
accede to the duler of % atar's wishes. They were
told that Bahrain could give way no further.
On one occasion Jhaikh Abdullah bin Jasim
visited the tent of the Balirain representatives
accompanied oy about 200 armed iurabs , in three motor
lorries, ana foui^ cars full oi relations find notables
He draik coffee with the Bahrain representatives but
during the meeting, which lasted about an hour,
scarcely any words were spoken on either side# bhaikh
Abdullah, when departing, mentioned that he was et
finding it difficult to restrain his Arabs from
attacking the i^aim. Actually attacks on several
villages by cavalry and camelmen had already been
made and during our stay at Gariyaii several refugees
came to the camp and reported that their houses had
been burned and their belongings looted by mounted
raiders from the ^atar forces.