Bahrain: internal political situation

This file relates to the internal political situation in Bahrain. It includes correspondence concerning:

• The public notice dated 1 November 1956 making all public demonstrations that take place without the permission of the Bahrain Government illegal
• British Forces providing assistance to the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa following the disturbances
• The trial of the National Union Committee (CNU) committee members arrested following the riots and the dissolution of the CNU: Abdul Rahman Al Bakr, Abdul Aziz Al Shamlan, Ibrahim Musa and Abdul Ali Alaiwat
• CNU circulars
• The guilty sentence and removal of the CNU committee members for imprisonment in St Helena
• The text of an anti-British report in a publication from Beirut Al Aha'ad dated 16 December 1956
• The text of a radio programme to be broadcast by BBS Radio in Bahrain at 9pm on the day on which the trial ends
• An anonymous pamphlet clandestinely distributed in Bahrain on 17 December 1956 inciting support for the CNU and rallying against Sheikh Salman.