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Copy of Report dated the 27th October 1938

p.A's Comments Report

Reference my yesterday's report.
The object of the persons who moved the

question of reforms is to form a Council of
Administration like that of Kuwait consisting
of 10 members - 5 Bahranis and 5 Arabs -. Besides
the Council, they want to form a Committee t>
whom all the orders passed by the Council are
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5 sent for confirmation. The Head of this
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3 Committee will be Shaikh Abdullah bin 'Isa who
Probably the 5
beginning of 5 has also been earmarked for heir-apparentship.
attempts to 5
:auso family 8 The people do not v/ant Shaikh Salman to be an
Jissension. 5
8 heir-apparent though Yusuf Fakhroo is trying
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3 to get the people on his side. Shaikh Hamad
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8 will remain as before as the Ruler of Bahrain.

My informant told me that they also do
hot v/ant Mr. Belgravo to remain any longer in
Bahrain but if the Political Agent insists that
he should remain, they have no objection on
condition that he should be a "Financial Adviser"

and his duties to be limited to keeping and
checking the accounts of Bapco and at the same
time be under the Council. But if the Political
Agent agrees that Mr. Belgrave should leave

Bahrain and does not appoint another man in his
place as a Financial Adviser and entrusts the
Council with the financial affairs they are
prepared to undertake the work and submit the
accounts to the Political Agent for inspection.

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