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COKPIPBHTIAL. Offioo of the
Political Resident, Persian Qulf,
D«0>Ho»0/033i Gamp, Bahrain,
tho 24 th July 1946.

Belgrave told mo today that during tho war tho
8halkh has boon oupp lemon ting tho allowances paid to his
mxnorouo re la t Wes from hie own share of the oil royalties*
Ho now finds himsolf short of monoy and wishes to reimburse
himself by drawing from tho Stato treasury a oum of Rupees
four or five lakhs whioh is roughly what he has opon.t on
these additional allowances. Ho also wishes to increase
his Civil List by about Rs BO,000/- to be distributed amongst

the various recipients in dearness allowances whioh it is
his intention tq reduoe or withdraw aooordlng as dearness
allowances paid to Qovemmont servants eto* are reduced
or withdrawn^-
2. Belgrave told me that ho had not informed the
Shaikh that he is mentioning the matter to me and that for
the present he is trying to ohoke'hlm off* He would be
grateful for advioe regarding the course ho should folios.

3. Would you kindly let me have your views upon the
subjeot.

Li out .-Colonel A«0*Qalloway» 0* I*E* ,0*B.i£*,
Politioal Agent,
BaHRAIH.

RHL.