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inute Paper. POLITICAL Department.

i/ir. do Grenier was appointed Director of
Customs in Bahrein in 1924, with the approval of the
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Government of India and without reference to the
Secretary of State,
>3(^1 * agreement^ id not provide for the determination
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I of his services save aftor three months' notice in
' or
I writing given by either party upon the Director
! reaching 55 years, or on the Director absenting

himself from duty - save for reasons beyond his
control - without the sanction of the Government of
Bahrein.
! It will bo remembered that the question of
i tho degree of ICuropoon representation in the internal
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! ••id mini strati on of Bahrein has recently been under
consideration. In 1928 the Sheikh was advised by
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tho Government of India to dispense with Mr. de
Grenier's services a3 tho first step in tiie reduction
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of tho numbor of iCuropoan officers concerned. Sir
Frederick Johnston (despatch of the 19th January,
1929: P. 1243/29) strongly deprecated dispensing
with his services, and it was decided that no

decision should bo taken until the position was
clearer as regards the general question (Government of
India letter of 18th Juno, 1929, to Political Resident
on P. 4702/29). It is quite clear from tho papers on
P. 4702 that the Sheikh of Bahrein is anxious to
retain Mr. de Grenier, and that his *>rk (as to the
! quality of which there was at one period some doubt)
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is now satisfactory.

'Ihe general question of British interference
in the administration of Bahrein has been under
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consideration separately in tho li^t of
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