Coll 30/108(2) 'Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain, Koweit and Muscat' [‎29r] (57/94)

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Dear Beighton,
You will rernei.ibcr in yoiir letter to Donaldson I.i?.li| >/04B
of 26th July you s xictlonod the appointment of a ioedieal officer
vO the j 02 *©ian Gulf to draw up & co tproheosive ronort on the
ruture of the . tedicfil organisation required to aerry out the
responsibilities of His 2 ilajesty , 0 Oovorniaent in that area*
There has been on inert table delay in this ap; ointdent and the
of^ idtir selected, Ideutenant-colonel .j, : ,/OOdy* is only now
tfiLiin^j up his post*
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In his letter to Harrison of the Ooi^riouwealth ^elationa
office, I*F*333/01 of 12th deptedber last iiJllimf^n tyare sanction
for the retention of the present uisdical staff until 31st ^areh.
1942 f on their present terms. It wua hoped that by the 31st
larch the newly appointed htedical advisor would have some ideas
on the lo»ig tena isedical staff needed in this area* Unfortunately
the delay in the appointment of Colonel M^xxly moans that ho will
iiardly bo in a position to maiie any accurate pronounoement on
the medical staff required by that date f and, oven if he could,
it would not be possible to consider and irmleuent his
recoramendat 1 one in time to put ttea into rorce by 1st April#
V/o iamt therefore consider what action to take to prolong the
present arran, ©monto until we are in a osltlon to implerriant
hi© eventual recomi.iendations.
m© you knov/ # the medical staff in the Gulf have two functions:
i) to Q&ri*y out our responsibilities for the quarantine
arraj^gements under an international agree lent; and
2} to provide u^edical facilities for our staffs in those
areas*
< The three main posts concerned are those of uarantine
u»edioal oi floor at iiowait* Bunrain tuid u cut* fheue posts ai*o ^
rst present occupied by ex-I. V3. officers, tfr* Hynes f Captain
tcele, and Captain Fiathewa respectively* Hynes wis icg for
long leave in Hay» 1943 and the Political neoident rcooLiienda
(foz reaa^*io into which he Joes not wish to go) that he be not
employed after that date* Matiiewe is willing to stay on for a
further period with H*2t»0* and Gtocle is wiiiin to return to
Bahrain in July after he has had 3 ifionthe^ leave* The * oil tied
kesident propooes, however> to consult Dr* ioody on the subject
of Steele's returii#
Unloae # thorefoi'e* wc take eai*ly step© \.o retain the present
©taiT or to sco^rr© replacuoants for them we shall be in an awkward
position by 31st karcli* obviously we oaonot risk failing between
two stools* I asked th© Inspectors to look into this problem
aiid wdle this letter wco in draft X received a letter from
Oaocia (copy oncloaed) in which, you sec he has reached the same
oonolueions after discueslon on the spot*
I should therefore be moot gx^teful for ^ our early sanction
for the engagement of the following 3 officers on the terns stated.
Mathwwa/
J*D#K* :3eighton # ;.v»q* 9
Treasury*