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dritish Connell id cl.
s. The time is not yet ripe to appoint a British Director

to Kuwait. The position of the Educational advisor is now
satisfactorily established. The only complainlt of the
Committee is that kJtx he is able to devote so little time
and attention to Kuwait affairs and can visit them only when
his duties in LTahrain permit, They fully appreciate that
the dK engfisciaent of foreign staff and the placing of
students abroad would be extremely difficult without the
help of the British Council. That wo were able to find
so suitable a Director of Education for them was indeed a
feather in our cap. It has completely convinced them of
our honourable intentionsl They l.now too that they can
not open the Cairo Hostel unless the Council undertakes a
major part of the work. \ hat. they ask for is an adviser
resident in Cairo, where most of their students will be,
who can keep in close touch with their boys, engage their
teachers and visit them regularly: someone whom they have
the right to call upon for advice and assistance rather than
a casual visitor who does what lie can in the limited time
at his disposal.
4 In conclusion .1 five below a su. aiary of the part the
British should play.
1. Delegate an official in Cairo to continue the
work of Educational advisor to the Kuwait
Government and to supervise the Kuwait and
Bahrain (?) hostels in Cairo.
2. Continue the grant to the Bahrain Government and
perhaps increase it to cover the Director's full
salary when he is enabled, through the appointment
of on Arab Assistant, to devote more of his time
to administration and policy.
3. Second an official us Director of Education for
another period of four years.