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88 Records of Bahrain

The Agency.

l).0* Bahrain. Persian Gulf
H) /0 2/9/23

ilany thanks for your talograu ]fo 787. I have boon thinking
tho unttar ovor A an afrliLd £ do not toov; onog^jh about Cutitaos
work to bo fcblo to suggest anything beyond veiy general instructions*

I would suggest that Bowor bo asked to onquiro as throughly as
ponuiblo Into tho v/ho.lo wordings of th? cantons & to siake a ropoajjji
v'lth rocor.noncJs.tionij for improvoroonto,particulary -
I. With a viov7 to putting a stop to * T/>e.kago <5> in this connection
Kin opinion would bo valuable an to whether sono sort of cheap
proventativo norvioo aould ho introduced .particulary at tho

village0 of Hiad A Budniyeh which urn known to get most tiling.^
duty free.
2# Thu intro dim t.lon of a syatou. of uocounto entirely in Arabia or
'.I'ugliah/.vhio h oould "bo on oily cheeked. 3 Into the new regime tho
•tain udeounts have boon kopt in ^iglish^jut subsidiary uaoount^s

ox tho..J.Hport yard etu. continue to bo kept in Sindi.This is boasusa
the existing staff are not up ta keeping ;iuy other for/a of accou ^p^s*
I fear Arabic is likely te be impossible owing to tho dii'ficpltj|
of getting trained man,but the 3huik deos not ebjoet to Jingllsh
which kn s«v> alvr-ye gat ch«*kod without difficulty.
3* Raorganis tien of the staff,whiah appoaru to uq to bo excessive

A to coot a sun altogether out of proportion to tho receipts.
„ principal point for consideration will ba tho appointoiunt of
a future Direoter.Tho Uindus now euplyed v/ill never servo for Moro
than two years at a time A have been passing the Job on fron
ono to anothor without any regard to suitability of tho holder
for tho appointment.The present Diroetor wonts to resign,sine#
tho now rogimo,although ho has a salary of no loos than RsI300
ptr aenoea A aany perquisite*,Ther# is now no re<m for doubt

that tho Into Director nado voxy largo sons by oabeB*loaont#
to whioh ho had an andorstanding with sono of tho loading
Horehants.