'Sheikh Hamad's Visit to India' [‎17r] (33/62)

and bonour has already basn sn.loysd by ihelkh Ahnad bin Jablr
of Kowelt, Kaiaal bin Abdul Aziz Aa-^aud, and lastly r *y«d ' r, aimur.
I did not liks to disappoint nhoihh Hanad, at thi«3 nta^e, by no^nt-
ing out that tharo waa a diffsrsncs batwo«n bia viait and tboae
of tha above-montionod paraona^oa - h© waa ^roinr of hia own aocord
while thay bad bean invited by Governnent.
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4. Anyhow, I would reapeotfully auppreat that, if you/aee
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your way to p;rant this requeat, if nade by )heiyh isa, 1 mirbt be
inatruoted telegraphically, in order that I nirht convey a direct
and definite hint and prevent ita beinr nade, aa I thinV it ad-
viaable to apare the old 'heikh auch a dia-apDointrrent aa he
would naturally feel on beinr refuaed.
5. In the courae of converaation, cane un the queation that
I was expecting ahortly to go to India on leave, 'hefkh Hanad in
quired if I could nanage to xo along with hin ar>d acco^any hir
throughout his tour, leaving hin at 1 arachi on hi a return, and
then taking ny leave, lie wanted ne for a conpanion becauae, aa he
aaid, he^ waa ipmorant of the habits, language and waya of the
Indian people, as also of official etiquette, and that, therefore ^
it would be rather difficult for hin to pass through hia viaits
to^officials in India. He alao thought he could not nake the
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beat of his short tour in learning useful things, unless an ex
perienced friend acconpanied hin. I told hin that could
that
nkt be # unless I was placed on duty with hin and/l had applied
for leave chiefly because I badly wanted rest and change in addi
tion to having sone private affairs to attend to. I could, of
course, aa a friend, pay hin ny respects only when he visit
ed Delhi,, the nearest station to ny native place, Anbala, if T
were in India, and knew the date of his arrival there. Incident
ally, I told hin that hia own and hia father's friend. Captain
Loch (formerly. Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrein) was at '^elhi, would
probably neet hin in the Foreign Office, and would gladly give
any assistance he wanted.
6. I would subnit, for your consideration, that apart •
fron 5haikh Ilanad's own wishes and needs for an offIcer-connan-
ion, the nresent political atmosnhere of India, create 1 by the