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Tho Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
To
Hia Majesty's Under Secretary of State for India,

Political Department, India Office,
London.
Dated New Delhi, the //tf- December 1930.

Proposed substitution of Indian Police
at Bahrain by Sudanese.
• • • •
Sir,
With reference to your letter No. P.2908/30, dated the
22nd May 1930, I am directed to refer to paragraph 1 of the

letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, No.
597-S of 1930, dated the 25th October 1930, a copy of wh*ich
has been sent to you direct, and to say that in the circumstances,
the Government of India are of the opinion that the question

of substituting Sudanese for Indian Police at Bahrain need
not be pursued further.
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2. As regards the proposal of the Bahrain/referred to
in paragraph 2 of the Political Resident*!’letter to reduce

the number of -Indians in the police and to replace them by
local men as suitable recruits become available, I am to say
that the Government of India see no objection to this proposal
provided that the efficiency of the service is not affected

thereby, and they are informing the Political Resident
accordingly.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,

for Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.