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the Al-Khuli f eh, commencing from the month
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oince the pricen of all food.stuffs have
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no worse off than they wore before.
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might he left untouched,
LtMb I also understand that Your
Excellency, with your well-known generoo-
ity of heart, oometimeo makes large loano
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to prominent persons who happen to be in
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need of money, Hov/ovor laudable and
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pvaisowerthy such actions may be in
normal times, at a crisis ouch ps the
present, 1 feel that Your Excellency
should, as far as possible, refrain from
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such generosity, and, further, that the
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special allov/rinces granted to various
members of the Al-Khalifeh during the
"yiyii) Wc/ yeor for ’Ids and the purchase of dates
and their summer moves might suitably be
discontinued. These measures will, I
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am afraid, be distaotcful to so generous
a person as Your Excellency, but I would
not urge them upon you did I not feel
that they were absolutely neceooary, but
it is essential that the state budget
should balance, and I think it is for
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the ruling family to lead the way, and
show their readiness to share in the
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