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CONFIDENTIAL
DtOt No.2022-6 the 26th November 1947.

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Please refer to your demi-official letter
No •C/10^3 dated the 9th November, 1947, on the subject of
the Bahrain Civil List.
2. I enclose herewith a copy of a very useful
note whioh has been prepared by Croning.
3. I feel that before asking His Majesty* s Govern­
ment for authority to inform the 8halkh on the lines proposed
in paragraph 6 of Jaoksen*s letter you or I or both of us
must endeavour to persuade him in a personal interview to
meet all or part of the cost of the Civil List dearness
allowance from his share of the oil royalties and that before
we do this we must be very sure of our facts. For|instance
Belgrave in his demi-official letter No.l760-9A dated the
16th August, 1948, tries to make out that trie Shafckh really
cannot afford to pay the allowance from this source. Can we
counter Belgrave*s arguments ?
4. My view at present is that the grant of dearness
allowance at 50% on Civil List salaries is reasonable under
present conditions and that it is only the source from which
it should be paid that is in issue. If you do not agree
with this view you will no doubt let me know.

C.J. Pelly. Esquire, O.B.E, i
Political Agent,
BAHRAIN

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