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Minute Paper.
Department.
■’ioy may fairly be charged with being wooden and with
having taken up an unintelligent attitude; they
evince rather a fancy for red-tape: hut according to
the strict letter of the contract, it is not they who
are the transgressors.
In the circumstances, it appears that our best
chance of avoiding financial liability is to approach
the Treasury on the general ground of our financial
freedom from responsibility for Arabian affairs - or
at any rate limited responsibility.
The amounts in question are:-
(a) Interpreter
(b) Northern Tour
(c) Savoy Hotel(2nd visit)
(d) Trip to Portsmouth, Cambridge
£136. 10. 0
£343. 10. 91
£4$4. 9. 6
£ 38. 16. 9
Hendon,Southampton
as a matter of practical economy it might be a sound
course if the Secretary of State in Council sanctioned
the payment of I.Ie3sr>3*3ook T s an r1 the Savoy T s bills,
without prejudice, before interest accumulates.
The question of incidence of the cost of deputing
the Officers attached needs consideration.
2 gns. a day while on duty. He is a p^ooai/ioner o±
.the Indian Pol. Depart.ient;and Bahrein, where he was
Political Agent, is on the cadre or Ihe midian
Political Department. During and since the war there
have been irregularities in posting to Bahrein
(Copt.Bray himself was posted there from military
duty with the LI.B.P. not as from and by the India*
Political Department) but the cost of fae post
<x) (08860) VVt. P813,41 3000 4-19 W T5 & L
(69780) P534/25 5000 7-19
apart
P534/25 5000 7-19