مجموعة ٢٩ /٨٢ "مكتب وكالة البحرين: إعادة تنظيم" [و‎‎٩] (٧٦/١٧)

Minute Paper. p.z.8656/36 Department.
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Please see the Minute at P.Z.7220/36.
The proposed re-organisation of the Office of the
Political Agent, Bahrein, which involved an additional
expenditure of Rs.7,300 per annum, has been approved,
subject to the acceptance of half the cost by H.M.G.
in the event of the proposal for sharing the whole cost
of the Bahrein Office being accepted.
We have since received a telegram from the
Government of India and a copy of an Express Letter from
the Political Agent pressing most urgently for orders on
this matter. Colonel Loch says that he can no longer
accept responsibility for any failure in his Office and
that he apprehends that a serious breakdown may occur
at any time owing to the pressure of work and the
shortage of staff.
It has been ascertained from the Foreign Office
that it is unlikely that a moiety of the additional
expenditure will be accepted by H.M.G. until a decision
is taken on the general proposal, and that this decision
may take some time.
In the circumstances it is proposed that the
Secretary of State’s sanction should be accorded to the
immediate introduction of the proposed re-organisation.
It seems unlikely that if H.M.G. decide to share the
cost of the Office they will refuse to accept a moiety
of this additional expenditure, of which they have been
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made aware. The Foreign Office wi-AJL be informed that
the re-organisation has been sanctioned as a matter of
urgency, and that the proposal for sharing the cost of
the Bahrein Office should be regarded as including this
additional expenditure. A draft telegram is submitted,
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