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goes there. For reasons which I am |mngT a separate retort thl \ ‘m Re ? <ient
shortly, I am of opinion that we should not recede from bur preset pothio/it
Bahrain, especially if Amencan oil interests obtain what mat T not p obb t
eontrolled, be a strangle-hold on the island. y> 1 P 10 P eil J
3. To sum up, Bahrain is preferable as the headquarters of the purely Gulf
Residency, but Kuwait commands a wider outlook, into general Arab tX’L r
recommend headquarters at Bahrain, but would reserve accommodation af Kuwait
which the Political Resident cou d use for considerable periods in time b stress
At present the cramped and dilapidated Agency renders it impossible for the
Resident o visit Kuwait for more than a day or two for a hurried consultation a! it
is only at extreme inconvenience to himself that the Political Agent cmf find him
room. 1 hope it will be possible to remedy this state of affairs in the new Agencb
that is being built, although it would be preferable in every way that there shoidd be
a Circuit House that the Resident could occupy independent of the Agency.
4. I have discussed the subject from the point of view of to-day. I do not think
I have, &c.,
C. C. d. Barrett, Lient.-Colonel,
Political Resident in the Persian G ulf