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POLITICAL AGENCY*
BAHRAIN.
D.0. No.C/1172. The 17th October, 1946.

please refer t^correspondence resting with your
printed Letter No.772-S dated the 24th September, 1946,
on the subject of a Bonded Warehouse System for Bahrain.

2. I enclose copies of my demi-official letter No.
C/1078 dated the 28th September, 1946, to Belgrave and
of his reply which I have Just received, I am Informed
that it is the universal custom at all Free Ports to
refund 7/8 of the import duty when goods are re-exported
elsewhere, and in view of this it is difficult to refute
the argument put forward by Belgrave in paragraph 3 of
his letter.
3. I understand that it will be at least six months
before the new customs sheds are ready, but I propose,
if you have no objection, to urge Belgrave to press on
now with the preliminary steps necessary for introducing
the facilities suggested by him in paragruph 4 of his
letter.
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Tne Hon'ble Lt-Col. A.C. -Galloway, C.I.I5. , 0.
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
Bahrain.

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