"ملف ١٦/٤ الشحن الياباني في الخليج الفارسي ١٩٣٤/٥/٢١ إلى ١٩٤٠/٧/٣ I" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٩] (٧٧٦/٢٥٩)

immediately she leaves the berth at the Sitrah oil terminal
and wi3.1 inform the Captain of the "unfortunate existence
of some anti-Japanese feeling here which will compel arrange
ments to be made as unobstrusively as possible for the pre
vention of any unfortunate incidents". In other words, could
you arrange for plenty of nature to be on hand at the Customs
pier to attach themselves quietly and unobstrusively to land
ing parties but not to interfere in any way unless any of
them start wandering out of the tovm. I suggest that should
any walking party get beyong 5 miles from the pier the natur
should try to motion them back in the direction of the town,
and if they refuse he should hurry to the nearest Police con
trol point and the Police might go out and fetch them in,
again on the excuse of protecting them "from possible trouble
from anti-Japanese villagers"* I understand that by a strange
coincidence there are to be "police exercises” during the pe
riod the data is here which may involve posts on the Jebel
and Budaiyah roads, duch posts would, I suppose, turn back
cars containing Japanese in case they get into trouble with
"anti-Japanese Arabs"•
4. You said you would tell taxi owners and drivers in no
circumstances to drive any Japanese party in the Jebel or Re
finery direction, and that boat and launch owners will be told
not to land Japanese parties anywhere along the coast.
5. I will also tell the Captain that the Bahrain Govern
ment, in their anxiety to ensure the welfare of their Japanese
visitors, would prefer no landings between dusk and dawn.
6 . The Japanese officers may be invited to visit Jufair,
in which case they will be escorted by some one from Beptford.
I will inform you of the date end hour fixed if it comes off.
7. ' hen I see the Japanese Captain I think I should in
form him that His Highness is away but that the Regency
Council/-