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relatives.
(0) Bhai-bandi 1q oo thick in the Corpo that no one
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will apeak at all, not even Baluchie hailing from
the Sibi diotriot. The Khan Bahadur hao failed com­
pletely and thinko thlo ia the moot obotinate caae

he hao ever tackled. ' He findo it impooniblo to
make any headway.
(9) The remaining Indian Inotructoro are in a blue funk
and wiah to return $o India. If new onco are oent, a
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and the preuent CorpB remain, the Instructors will
be uocleoB, as the Corps will treat them in a similar
way, unleoo. they do what the Corpo wioheo.
(10) The frequent robberies in the town are now all put
down to the Levies by the local people.
! • Daly aaya that no Arab or Bahraini local people are
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likely to enter the CorpB unle88 they are of little
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or no military value.
He addo that the Corps was raised not to protect
Shaikh Hamad but to remove the excuse that he had
no force to maintain order and could not restrain
hia relatives, fidawia and other Sunnis from armed
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1 attacks bn his Shiah subjects.
Khan Bahadur agrees with mo and Daly that my opinion
already expressed, that the risk of recommending the
retention of even one of the present Levy Corps is
too great to be taken, is correct.

HORNER.

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