'File 19/126 Bahrain Customs' [‎8r] (17/22)

Mr# Q© Gi oalar is on an incieilnl'ts contract tersilnaole
by 3 monn^notice on either so there will he
I cii1iculty in di^pQDsing with his services should
this at any time toe considered desiratole.
xo. To sun up, 1 do not think it will toe jossitole
to dispense with the services of Mr. Belgrave within
any tine that neeu toe taken into consideration at
present. As regards the police, Br# i ; arke will
protontoly resign in a year ur two, and the question of
his successor can toe taken up then: it depends to a
great extent on.whether oil is found in Bahrain or not.
^eanwlii 1 e howevex 1 recoi^send that steps should toe
taken to replace the Indian police by Joudanese next
year, and request the approval of the Government of
India to this* As regards the austerns, I stxX
would suggest that 1 toe authorised to inform the
shaikh that there is no objection to the retention of
4'r. d® Qrenier,
14, Since drafting the above 1 have been infomed
by Minister at Tehran th vt the Govemneot of
India haw? agreed in principle to the transi er of the
..teaidenoy to the Arato side subject to certain conu.it-
-ions which are at present under oonsiuBration in
England. It seems not laprotoatole that the residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
will toe transferred to Bahrain: if so ttien it will,
I think, be of little avail to try and arrest the
tendency towards ♦westernisation'. If the 1 oiltical
.esiuent is to be permanently located at ahiain, then
the authority of the ohaikh must automatically tend to
deciease, and it will naturally toe regarded as almost
tantamount to the declaration of a definite protect or
nate over these islands, even though no formal announce
-mant to that effect is maae,
I have the honour to toe.
Your most obedient servant,
3a. H. 7. Biscoe.
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