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which he openly deel^-ppo ^
' ' -Clares in every I ajlis. ^hat he did not
expect his Secreta-vtr h o, 0^,,+ - •
■ ^ - 0 -- J nyonmg against the " ri: ish rovem
inent • hat he v/ould not 1 /- m - • • o.
visitors to attend his l a ilis
until ex ue. oi.e e-man rabic broadcast and would make enquiries
about the i u 111 ^s on ae v alls and punish the offenders if
disco^erea ven if they were his brothers. 1 tkanked the Shaikh
for his kind -x j . ession and said Lhat I 1 as reporting the
mat Lei to .> o 11. I ao not. l .ink the Shaikh himself is in favour
of the Germans or one who'could not be moulded so as to meet
wi oh one in^t--resL,? 01 uhe British Government. Tnf ortuna\.ely the
Shaikh If £ks ■ ■i .tl and is nothing but a dull instrument in the
hands 01 his Secreta y and ti erefore no good could b e e xpected
from him as long as he acts unde 1 the influence of his Secre
tary . I'tj^iOugn - oelie /e t t nt ul^e ^haii^.n wou u comply with his
promise about the broadcast I do not anticipate that he would
take action against his Secretar or sincerely try to discover
the \ riter on the wa Is. ..bdullah bin Paris' father was a
Nejdi but he is a subject of -ihavjah .
2. I do not tf]ink that it would be advisable or good policy
to let such matters pass without-being checked and immediate
and deterrent action taken. _ I
3. 1 could not think of any reason for his anti-British
attitude except the refusal to .^rant him a vis." trom —'arL am
when he v anoed to :o to Kuwait and the message conveyed to
the Shaikh about him. 1 am strongly in :avour of oa.Aing ohe
most effective action against a mean person like Un raris
who is taking misadvantage of the wo -Id situat- on. 3 su^r'^-Bt
that we should send a warning to the Shaikh to take ac^icn
against his Secretary in a specified period, say two or three
days, failing which we would take so and so action against him •
4. - rm t rin not know wh-1 action would be
4. Ov/in^ to the war 1 ao nou nnuu
possible, in my opinion we should avoid action which could
be heard of outside and take such action which would af ect the ^
pocket of the Shaikh directly such as the stoppage of his air
facilities allowance or oil payment. As an alternative to impose
a fine which, if not recovered from the Secretary by the dhaikh,
to betakenfrom his allowance.