"ملف(19/191 III (C 56 المطالبة الإيرانية بالبحرين" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٦] (٣٩٦/٣٣٠)

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As a result of the threatening strike. Great B ritatn
was xn a especially disagreeable position and did everything to
prevent the disaster. In any event, it was considered in^the
British capital to be far from advisable to start a new dispute -
after tne conflict with Persia about the Anglo -Persian On jj)
Company nad been settled amicably a year ago. Conflicts were
especially feared because the Persian u overnment had come to
very friendly and close relations with Turkey, and while it was
also following a political course which England did not like to
promote, namely by trying to get into close contact with the
Soviet Union.
For this reason Sir John Simon, ^ritish minister of Foreign
Affairs, invited his Persian colleague to come to London after the
sessions of the Asembly at Geneva, in order to discuss the
question of the Bahrain Islands. The result of these discussions
is a compromise of an espeiaii-y especially English character:
Persia is assigned sovereignty over the waters of the Persian
Guli - and probably the fishing rights - whereas for the Islands
a joint British Persian Government management is instituted,
guaranteeing the Persian Government its due share in the produce
of the oil wells. As a matter of counter-achievement the Persian
Government undertakes to put a stop to the anti-British propaganda
and to see to the well-being of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's
employees. Ihere even is a chance of the Si^ah of Persia putting
seal upon the agreement by visiting London next year.