"ملف 14/3 المصالح الخارجية - الأمريكية (عام)" [و‎‎١‎٠] (٣٠/١٩)

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D.O. No. C/702.
Dated the 11th of July, 1945.
My dear Colonel,
Please refer to Hicklnbotham*s despatch No. c/292
dated the 1st of March, 1945, to Sir Geoffrey prior on the
subject of American penetration in my area. .
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2. I did not know Mr. Parker T. Hart but from Hickinbotham's
description of him I would say that the Vice-Consul with whom
I have had to deal, viz., Mr. william L. Sands, is an entirely
different proposition. My personal relations with him are .
of the most cordial kind. He is from South Carolina, aged
33, has travelled since his youth, appears to be an excellent
linguist, is a good conversationalist, of pleasant address,
and considerable intelligence. I think it would be most
unwise to under-rate him or anyone like him. He comes over
here about once a fortnight and was, of course, here oftener
during the trial of the case Bahrain State versus Minnick.
The significant thing (and the reason I am writing this letter)
is that Sands has several times said to me that he has such a
lot to do here - and he certainly has - or he makes a great
fuss about doing what he has to doi Now the next move he is
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going to make • at least I would do so in his place - is to
put up a case to the State Department for an office in
Bahrain. I do not think we will have much trouble in dealing
with this because as the B.M.C. personnel are gradually
leaving, the number of Americans here will make the case for ,
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an office progressively weaker. However, I thought you might
The Hon»ble Lieut-Col. A.C. Galloway, O.B.E.,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,