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                    ftOHFIDMUTIAL*               Offico ol' tho Political Roaldont
                                                       in tho Peroian Gulf,
                    9.0. No,C/94*                          Camp, tihiruz,
                                                     Tho 5th August| 1944.





                              I visa surprised to soo from India Offico Indorsement s V7'
                    lixt* 2693 of the 1st July, 1944 that u copy of my lottor ho. 323-6
                    of the 6th April to Caroo had boon sont to the Foreign Office*
                    Apart from tho fuot that 'our* Consul-General in Dushiro and tho
                    Foreign Offico have nothing to do with lJulirnin or it:; oduoatlon
                    I had no intontion of exposing Helgravo to criticism from a person
                    such as Dundus and muoh resent Ids remarks*   Diuidua himself stride
                    mo as boing quito unpruotical and with littlo Imowlodgo of
                    oduoatlon In tho Fast, and most of Uolgravo*s objections to his

                    proposals v/oro, as I said in my lott.or, quito sound, and I saw
                    no reason to ovorrlde him*  Dundus only jxild tho most flooting
                    visits to liahrain, and tho difforonco botwoon a comparatively
                    inoxporioncod nan of this typo and t);o j-ducntional Commissioner
                    to the Govornmont of India who visited mo in Alv/ur is obvious
                    ovon to a layman.
                         2*   If my lottero aro to bo given such a wide circulation
                     I shall have to b« very careful what I ;mt in thou*   I do not
                    fool that v;o should toll tho world about tho defects of Bahrain
                     Govornmont servants, and I checked bakufiuld for abusing do
                     Grenier in hio diurles*   /vftor all put thorn into their Jobs}
                    inucli of tlilc work Is done for uni  wo remove them when they
                     booome inof ‘iclont, and until that moniont urrlvoo v/e should
                     raaintuln tho sumo discrotion in regard to thoir sliortcoraingo
                     that wo do with our own officoro I
                              I aia sending a copy of this lottor to Caiv^o.




                     R*T* Pool, Fsq*, C.B.1C*, M*C*,
                         The Indiu Offico,
                              LONDON*
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