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I am dirooted by the Secretary of State for India
to aofcnowledge receipt of Sir C.‘ Barstow'a letter of 10th
i^pril, I;0.832 re^irding the entertainment of the Arab
i lias ion from Bahrein as the guests of His Majesty's
Government. ' <
The Secretary of State agrees with the IrOrds
Commissioners of the Treasury that observance should be
paid *to the principle that control of the expenditure
on State guests should rest with the Minister responsible
to Parliament for such expenditure; he believes that
Their lordships will find that t3mt principle was
closely observed* in respect of the two later irab
S
idissions (regarding which a further communication to
you will shortly be made), and would observe that the
departure from strict adherence to this principle in
the cane of the* lissicn^rorn Bahrein h .& its origin, as
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was fully e::ol inod in Sir • Hirtsel's letter of 5th
J^:ra ry, in circi 'ror whichfhe had no control.
o. y Vi z. 4 A
/hlie re dy to the second and third of the
conditions stated by Their Lordships to bo those
recognised for the acceptance of expenditure on State
guests as a charge on the Government Hospitality Fund,
Mr.Montagu is wholly unable* to subscribe to the first.
Lo such stipulation was suggested by the Inter-Departmental
Committee of 19 0^2, on the oh tort inmen t of Indian nd
'The Secretary,
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