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reasons for this. First, although Sir Charles
Delgrave, the Adviser, has served Bahrain exceedinely
well Tor nearly 30 yoors and during that time Bahrain

has developed steadily and peacefully under his
guidance, this very development in such a peaceful
atmosphere- seems to have inculcated in him - and in
the Ruler - a belief that there is no need to worry.
This could be dangerous and oven foolhardy in face
of the growing force of nationalism in the Arab

world. The Adviser’s very success and skill in
running Bahrain's affairs in the past has also led
him to concentrate virtually all control, over
whatever department, in his own hands. While
this was natural and even desirable in the post
it has now resulted in his being quite unable to
devote sufficient attention to the\arious departments

of the government. While in some departments,
such os public health and customs, there are
British officials who can at least supervise the
detail of the work of the department, in others
this is supposedly done by the Adviser himself.
The worst department of all is the police, of

which Sir Charles is the Commandant. The force
is at present useless for maintaining lav/ and order
- as you know - and its organisation is so wanting
as to be ludicrous. This is almost entirely due
/to lack