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Copy.
Confidential
The Agency,
Bahrain.
D.O.No.C/152-6/1.
3rd March 1935.
My dear Fowle,
I enclose a copy of a demi-official letter dated the
18th December 1934 from Belgrave about the proposed improve
ment iiihis terms of service, which we discussed during your
recent visit to Bahrain.
2. We agreed that the conditions of Belgrave’s appoint
ment have so changed and the responsibility so increased that
an improvement is fair. In view of the signing of the
Mining Lease it is reasonable to think that the State will be
able to bear the cost.
3. Belgrave asks for improvement in (a) his pay, (b)
his passage concession, and (c) his Provident Fund.
4. After discussion we agreed on the following views:-
(i) That an improvement in the Provident Fund on the '
ground jbut forward by Belgrave would be difficult
to support and would be likely to give rise to
similar demands from elsewhere which it would be
hard to resists it was therefore decided to
recommend an improvement only in the form of pay.
(ii) That the proposed improvement in the Passage
Concession can be made with the result of a small
saving to the State and can be recommended in the
best interests both of the State and of the
individual•
(iii) That it was undesirable to give the proposed
improvement in ^ay in the form of an immediate
increase of Rs. 200 /- a month as to do so might
give an handle to propaganda against the Adviser;
and that the improvement had better be given by
making that increment in his time scale (at
present Rs.***********) Rs.lQO/- with effect from
the increment due at the beginning of this (Arabic^
year. This proposal has the further advantage of
giving a benefit which increases as (it is to be
hoped) the oil royalties increase.
(iv) That if the pay of the appointment of Adviser were
to be raised, it would be inadvisable to create
a post of Assistant to the Adviser and that, as
Mr.Luard is not available, the proposal should
be dropped and an attempt be made to place
responsibilities/
The Hon'ble Lt.Col.T.C.Fowle,
C
Political Resident in
•B.E.,
the Persian Gulf
i
Bushire•