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Financial arrangements of the ruling family, 1940-1941 59 I

Mo.184-3,
British Resldonoy k Conaulate-Oeneral,
Bunhire* the 10th Aprils 1941,

To
His Highness
Shaikh Sir Ilamod bln Isa
al Khalifa* K.O.X,E• *0,3,I,*
Ruler of Bahrain,
01 c,
Uy dear Friend*

I have beep znuoh embarrassed
to hear of these requests for larger
sums for the al Khalifa following so

soon upon Your Highness* first gift of
Rs#4 lakhs to Hie Majesty's Government
and the more reoent one of Rs,30*000/-
whloh you gave me for the Persian Gulf
Fighter Fund,
I am therefore asking the

Politioal Agent not to reoeive any sums
from the al Khalifa for the Fighter
Fund lest they should subsequently make
this the basis of further demands upon

the State ,
1 desire to express the high
consideration whloh 1 entertain for
Your HlghnesB* and to subscribe myself
Your High^s^s' sincere friend*
njc
Politioal Resident in the Persian Gulf,
Jr