مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٣ "الخليج الفارسي، الساحل المتصالح. سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. قائمة شيوخ الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎٠] (٨١٨/٥٧٩)

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(toventtaeitt to erforc* It# uosasuio#* ri«oomJLy» noiculou#
a# it may ootn, tho KooiclorHjy Agtilt at rooentiy
that tlioy h#Yif htarc a«oounto of tht -cogur of nation#
which they had gathered wao eoac ouj^er-goTermoent of
whojs the Britioh uoyemuent wore afraid arid whleh would
no longer permit the latter to adopt 9 in future, the
nothode which it had adopted In the paat. thirdly,
these wiewo rmye been atrengthened by events on the
Persian coast. thsy have seen that the dritiah uovem
mnt no longer adopt# towardn the ^sraian uovemwent tm
line they adopted formerly. mash inetarces a# that of
the treatmnt accorded to the Bh&ikh of hohasaitHfrah: the
refusal of the Persian author it if a to recognise nritiah
patt&port# issued to Bahrainis arid otluro: 'disir refusal
to admit the nationality of Baia^ain eubjeots at
Itoharmerah arid elsew^re: the ?anb incident: all these
!wive created an lniv*HBlon on the alnds of the pt laltlve
Arabs on the opposite coast that the hritish Oovertment
are no longer as powerful now as formerly* finally
must be added the fact that the Heoioent rots for soms
years past been deprived of hiti despatch vessel aixi lms 9
in ocinse<|uence t seldom been able to visit them ami when
he did so It was In a British India stsotiwr or eoue other
mma of transport lacking that dignity with which his
visits wsrejfomerly associated* As Colonel Barrett
mentioned In one of his despatch«s t the last hesioent 1 #
name who is known to these people Is that of "Cokkus*.
7. to revert now to the Immediate issue. Although,
as explained above, for some tine past there has been
some hesitancy as to the exact facilities to be demanded
It has always been realised that a very suitable place
not necessarily the roost suitable •— would be idiu-al-
Khalfsah w <X greater emphasis luosconssunently been laid
upon