) 2 ( 5 six months in Bahrain Ordinance to three (Art. 5). (iii) licence fee waived (Art 6 ). (iv) "Customs official" deleted from Art 8. (v) Second clause of Article 11 deleted (loss or destruction of firearms). 3. With the exception of (v) above I do not consider these points of substance. I do however attach great importance to striking while the iron is hot and the refore propose unless you see any objection to instruet Johnston to try to get clau se about loss or destruction of firearms reintroduced but at the same time to tell him to accept Hancock's draft as it stands if necessary. 4. What we want to do is to give the Ruler our support and approval at earliest possible opportunity. Final draft is unlikely to differ greatly from present one and I should therefore be grateful if, providing you agree with above, you would take necessary steps to ensure speedy issue of Queen's Regulation once Ruler has signed A'lan. - BURROWS - AMP.
