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H. M. POLITICAL AGENCY,
CONFIDENTIAL BAHRAIN
Despatch|No. 2.
(1011/0/55) February 10, 19513.

Sir,
It is now two months since I took charge
of this Agency and I therefore feel that this is
a suitable moment to sutmit to Your Excellency
certain conclusions which I have reached on affairs

in Bahrain, based on what I have seen and heard
since my arrival. *
2. In Bahrain today the outstanding question of
the dav is, of course, what may be called the
constitutional one. I will not recapitulate the
history of this since it has already been recorded.
I do however wish to discuss in general terms what

I conceive to be the practical aspects and implications
of this issue. The position at present is that.as
a result of the general strike at the beginning of
December last the Ruler has appointed a committee
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to enquire into those departments of government,
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public health, education, public security and the
administration of /justice, which have called forth
most criticism from the reform party and indeed
■
i from many of the general public in Bahrain. The
committee, although it has been ignored by the
! reformers, has received evidence from a fairly
representative section of the public and has, I
/think
His Excellency Mr. B.A.B. Burrows, C.M.G.,
Her Majesty's Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf,
Bahrain.