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Reforms and unrest, 1923 763
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Bheikho Political Agent sees no reason for deporting Abdulla
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v/ho has been behaving irreproachably lately. True course of
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reform oocme to be not to trouble nor (sic)specify this or
that particular defect but leave Hamad, to whom politic^
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Agent must give backbone by constant advice and encouragement
suppress innumerable potty tlryannies that have arisen through
past weakness, neglect and vacillation of our policy 0,8 well
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as Sheikhs. Hamad1 s great difficulty will be terror T.bn 8aud
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has inspired in hirn as well as .elsewhere on Arabian Coast
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Gulf notably Koweit* for Downey and others aggrieved .will
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cortainly turn to Ibn Soudnbut if, in spite of this, Wo[ can
establish his authority finnly other reforms will come; ;Of
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themselves with our guidance, though we cannot disguise the
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danger that whole management of his affairs will come more
and more into hands of our Agent and situation would resemble
Muscat* I cannot, resist the conclusion that it will be
necessary to give the Political Agent British Assistant to
take- Jurisdiction over foreigners and petty matters off his
hands, though under his supervision, and leave Political
Agent free to devote attention to guide and strengthen Bheikh
Kamad and to relation with Itn Bauch Such assistant looks
for reversion 03" Political Agency to ensure as far as possible
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continuity of policy the most; important desideratum. Your
telegram of 15th May 6o4S„ received but badly mutilated,

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