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Officer to train thorn• At prooent Belgrovo ouporvleeo tnorn In
addition to nis many other dutleo. We have arranged for a

Pol loo Ofl'ioor to be deputed from India to command tno Force
who will probably bo followed by an Indian Sub-In op ect or. In
addition to being Offioer commanding, Police, tno Officer will

also ex-officio aot as Assistant to Belgravo in whatever
direction the latter chooses®

6. At first sight it may appear that the introduction of

tne officials mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs goeB
against what I nave said above aa to tne advantages of tne
•indirect* rule and of allowing tne Bahrainis to manege tneir
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own affairs. ^Qwing to the increasing complexity of affairs
in Bahrain (there are already for instance traffic problems,

with a number of motor accidents a week J), it has been necess­
ary to import tne officials in question since there are at
present no Bahrainis with sufficient technical knowledge to
fid,, - /r undertake tneir duties. I have, however, in my conversations
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with Weight man and Belgrave empnaeised tne fact that tne
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officials we bring in are so far as possible to act, not only
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Execu^^ve8 (to hse an American term), but also as Instructors®
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v"J*n Particular tne police Officer and his Sub-Inspector will form
a small Police School for training purposes® I hope that in
time a certain young Shaikh of the Ruling Family, who nas

already gone to India to be trained in a Police School, will
be able to take over tne command of tne Police Force.

7. law Courts®
In connection witn tne administration
of the law there nave already been some changes in tne direction

of appointing additional judges (on the theory that it is more
difficult /