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moot; urgantlyi' Political Agent fipoo to
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devcta hanaolf entirely to tho ®itannoo and strengthening
of dballdi Hamad* I fomod a vary favourable opinion of
Major Hedy v/lion I mot for tho firat tlno at Bahrain. Ho
appoaro' to mo cupublo, aoalouo i\nd anorgotlo, with a
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good poaotlcal oxpcrlcnoo and a good understanding of
AraW ontl tholr ways* Al>ovo all, ho aeons to havo
ootablitihod a do at oonploto and doolrablo aiwcndanoy
over BhaiMi Monad and a fim hold - thcnigh not of oouroo

tho oloao friendship ho has fOnnod with Hnnad - over tho
other brothor, Abdullah, a vary inijortant peroonngo. If
wo can aocuro this froodoa for tho Political Agent, of
which I lvwo endeavoured with all tho foroo at my
connnnd, to dlow tho doairabllity, I think that tho
rout will in noaauro follow. \7o nay hopo to
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rotaln Major Daly for unothor two yoaro without opoolol
loavo and I will only remote In paoalng that it lo by
no noanii unllkoly tint olrcumotnnooo nay involve oooaoloa-
al deputation of hin to tho fcultco of Hejd on tho
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buoinoss of Hlo Majesty's oovomnont' and during eudh
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obocsioos Which nay poxhapa bo prolonged I regard At
as of tho hl#ioot importance that Boh&aln Chould not
bo loft without a good l.hglldhnan In charge. HO Indian
Arab' or Poroloyt. Assistants will auffloo. The nan selected
should bo prepared to otay, loam Bahrain thoroughly
and take Daly's plaoo When requirod oither thm ho la
absent on deputation or When ho eventually loaves

Bahrain on loavo, ao for tho good of tho uorvioo ho
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ovanfcuolly nuot, probably about two years from now* It
all depends on tho oolootion node now whether tho non
can oarh hlo own salary from fooo, tiiough of oourso It
would havo to bo paid in tho first Instance from tho
Indian aovomnont who oust bo roooupod from foos nod
If