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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [‎66r] (156/478)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 13 Feb 1930-22 Dec 1944. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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D.O. No. C/432
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I enclose v^ith this letter three copies of Hallows 1
Report on the Bahrain Police and his recommendations for
the overhaul and re-organisation of the Force. I am writing
d&ni-officially as I can discuss the matter more freely in
this form. I am afraid the Report has been delayed, but
Hallows only had about a month for his investigations while
the framing of proposals, their discussion with me, their
amendment in several cases and their casting in final form
naturally took some time longer. Bven the typing of a Report
of this length occupied practically every typewriter in this
office for a v/eek, outside office hours/
2. As I have said the recommendations for re-organisation
have been discussed by Hallows and myself and it follows that
I shall have no very long comments to make on the details.
Nor indeed do I propose to waste time bemoaning the lack of
routine efficiency in the Police disclosed by Hallows* Report.
We must remember the difficulties there have been in creating
a local Force at all, particularly during a period of rapid
expansion of all the Bahrain Government* s administrative
functions, and be thankful that Chance has given us this
opportunity of diagnosing its present internal malady and of
prescribing a cure.
3. It might be deduced from Part II of this Report that
the Bahrain Police are in such a bad way that they can only be
brought to a reasonable state of efficiency by appointing a
British Police Officer to take charge of them for at least
five years. This however I do not feel is true; and judging
by /-
The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel
C. G. Prior, C.I.3.,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the
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This file contains correspondence regarding the development of the armed police force in Bahrain between the years 1930 and 1944.

The documents discuss the British authorities' desire to reduce the number of Indians employed in the police force and make it appear less noticeably 'foreign'. Various other reforms and training initiatives during this period are also discussed.

A full, detailed report from 1940 entitled 'A Report on the Bahrain Police with Suggestions for their improvement' is contained on ff. 70-167a.

The file also contains detailed instructions regarding protocol for the use of force by the police against crowds (notably the use of firearms against illegal assemblies) and documents containing a broader discussion of the nature of Britain's role in Bahrain.

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1 volume (214 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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Previously a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. A foliation system of circled pencil in top right-hand corner of each front-facing page begins on the title page and ends on the last page of text. There is another inconsistent foliation system that is also in pencil in the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page but is not circled.

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