مجموعة ٣٠/ ٢٢٤ "ترتيبات العملة في المشيخات العربية في الخليج الفارسي." [و‎‎٤‎٩] (١٥٧/١٠٥)

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Plaasa refer to Chadwick•» letter (E557/115/
in which 91) of the 19th hay ojy' Grafftey Saith«» letter No*406
1 was askedf the 28th December t 1648. to Patrick about the
to comaentalleged discrimination ag&lnst Pakistanis in the
Persian Gulf. I have dealt ± wlth this question to
some extent in the cone lading ^paragraphs of my
despatch No.29 of th# 29th May. Since I received
\ Grafftey Smith 9 s letter I have been trying to obtain
particulars of the number of Pakistanis and Indians
employed in the various offices. owing tb the present
shortage of staff it takes a very long time to collect
Information of this sort. So far as this Residency
and its subordinate offices are concerned. I am pretty
sure that we employ a much greater proportion of Pak«
istanls to Indians than we did before the separation
of the two countries took place. *
2. I discussed the currency question with Weight.
His view is that the remedy to the present situation
lies in the hands of the Pakistanis themselves. If they
were to agree to meet the very small cost of repatriating
of Pakistan currency f it would be possible for both
the banks and Government offices to accept Indian and
Pakistani rupees without discrimination. The best
solution 9 however 9 is to Introduce a Gulf rupee of our
own. Weight discussed this proposal with the Shaikhs
of Bahrain and Kuwait and will be dealing with it in his
report.
3. Meanwhile 9 it will Interest you to know that
we have heard from the Pakistan Government that the
Pakistan State Bank proposes In the near future to send
an officer to Bahrain to enquire into the position of
Pakistani currency here.
4. 1 shall be sending further comments on
Grafftey-Smlth 9 * letter and its enclosure when I have
obtained the Information I require from the Agencies.
5. I am sending a copy of this letter to
Grafftey Smith.
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