EISSA BIN SALMAN AL-KHALIFA (1933 - 1999) First Emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death. His term saw Bahrain gain its independence from the United Kingdom. While the government initially considered joining the U.A.E. Isa had his country withdraw (along with Qatar) over his dissatisfaction with the proposed constitution. He then attempted to introduce a moderate form of parliamentary democracy no longer operative. T.L.S. on royal letterhead 1p. 4to. [n.p.] Oct. 1 1980 to John Kohler AP reporter CIA operative and later a top Reagan advisor thanking him for their meeting and discussions on items of ""mutual interest"". Very good.