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7. Shaikh Hamad feels that all eorte of things affecting
him have been happening and going on over his head and that
he has not had anything explained to him. He cannot "believe
that his letter complaining of Major Holmes* misrepresentations
-can be the cause of all this upset. The letter was not meant
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to have any such effeels and was merely a part of the bargaining.
8. The Shaikh has even been discussing the matter with
his wife,Aiyesha,who in conversation with Mrs .Belgrave showed
that she knew all about the affair.
9. The Shaikh,who,as I said above,has a great personal
affection for Major Holmes,would hate to have Major Holmes
leave Bahrain in disgrace after so many years work in this
place.
10. Probably on account of this anxiety he has gone out
to JAU at the other end of the Island for an indefinite period.
11. The Shaikh and his brothers are dead against having
anyone but an Englishman as Chief Local Representative,as they
do not feel that they could work with him. These sentiments
have been expressed by the Shaikh in his letter of the 14th
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Jamad-i-Awwal 1352 (4th September 1933) sent you with my
despatch HosC/399«lo/l.IV dated the 6th September 1933.
12. Belgrave,of course,who hears their story in great
detail,impresses on me their genuine distress. He,himself,is
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in a position of great difficulty as it often bappono is
impossible for him to explain to them the true aspects of the
case as far as tney are known to him.
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13. The Shaikhs think that the Americans are behind it
all and are wondering what answer the British Government is going
to give I
Yours sincerely.
: he noodle Lieut-Col.Gordon Loch, I.A, ^ c*
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, /
Bushire. '