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Your letter No, EA 1016/62 of -lay 2 about bolgrave.

2. There is still a good dual of uncertainty as to whether
Bolgravo v/ill return to Bahrain and if go when and for how long.
The latest I have heard is that lie Iz duo to have a month1 s
convaloscencQ at Brighton, which I should have thought means
that he ’could not possibly come here before the end of the
summer, Nevertheless, his son is still giving the impression
that Bclgravo intends to return for a month or so to tidy up
and’hand ovor, und it is apparently impossible for the doctors
lioro to get a firm statement front the doctor who lias treated
him in London. The Ruler is meanwhile delaying over the
appointment of Smith as Secretary, and over the introduction
of tlio consequential reforms as proponed by Cummins. This is
becoming most unsatisfactory, and Shaikh Abdullah, the Ruler* s
uncle, complained to me recently in strong terms about the lack
of co-ordination and authority in the government. Charles
’Gault has spoken to the Ruler ori the subject, and I shall do so
when I bid him goodbyo before proceeding on leave in the woolc
after next, but I believe that the only tiling that will really
move Mm would be a letter from Bclgravo himself saying that
lie is unable to come back to hand over, or at least that he
cannot come back until after the end of the siuimor. Is it at
all possible for you to approach Bclgravo and move him in the
direction of writing on those lines on the grounds that tlio
Ruler and everyone else here is uncertain about his intentions
and this is causing a good deal of difficulty to the
government and everyone who lins dealings with it?

3. I am sending a copy of this letter to Chariots Gault.

O’. I.B. Burrows)

1). i.IT. Riches Esquire, .
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