مجموعة ٢/٥٤ "لجنة الشرق الأوسط (الرسمية): مجموعة العمل" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎١] (٦٤٢/٤٦١)

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10* Shortage of British aan-poiror during th« war ywars
was tha oenso of th« decline in British personnel hut during
1$**5 heavy recruitaent of Britiah applicants took place* In the
vasta year many young Americans were recruited to speed up
post-war drrelopcKsnt#* The *orabidng plant* (high octane
petrol) was shut down in l%5/h& and many American* returned
to the United States or were transferred to Araaoo in Saudi
Arabia* The South Africans engaged in 1 %.;vVv - to meet
shortages of supply from elsewhere » did not prows satisfactory«
They were responsible for some minor trouble** to the Ccarpany
most of them were not offered a second oontraot« The
recruitment of Canadians has also ceased*
Balance between Americans and British Staff Personnelo
11. I was asked by Sir Rupert Hay to ascertain the
extent to wfaioh the cosnpany were honouring the requiraaent
in the oonoession agreement that preference should be giren
vdyore possible to the engage®ent of British sub^@ The
agreement with H*K*C* did not specify a percentage of British
subjects* it stated "as many eaployees as is consistent with
good practice shall be subjects of Great Britain or of the
Sheikh of Bahrein® and that of "five Directors* one shall be
British approved by E.1UG.* I was assured, by the Company' a
ecceoutire concerned (Mr. Crow) that* within the limiting
factors of qualifications* eocperienoe and industrial needs*
these requirements had been met, but at my request the
statements in the Appendix were furnished 0 They efciaw the
occupations in which Americans anq/or Britiah were esployed
as at 31st December l%3 and are self-e^Xsmtoryo
12. I discussed with Mr. Crotf the functions etc,, of
the Americana and did not feel justified in resisting the
reasons he gave for their employment* For temple* of the
Americans employed at the time of siy visit* 1$ were in
grades described as "Classified" anti th© following are eotse
of the notes I recorded
5 - were Re search speoialiats and Progreaa and
Development Engineers* They were all
graduates of American Universities* specialising
in Oil Teohnologyc The Company had not been
able to obtain sufficient Britishers with
similar qualifications* Mr* Crow quoted
the Universities of Texas and California
as providing exceptionally fine courses in
Petroleum Engineering up to B.3o. standard*
One young promising Britiah employee had
been given 1 year** leave of absence to
undertake a special course at Sheffield
University,
6 - Boilermakers - All old employee a of the parent
Company* Three had had 41* 35 ^**1 21 years
experience* Exceptional aen*
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