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'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain' [162r] (324/525)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1935-9 Dec 1938. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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C/o Bahrain potrOleun 0o«
Novr Carp, Bahrein Isloo
19th Dec t 36
Dear fttyrmd.
I tta duly in roceipt of your two lottess and I an to y sorry
1 oould not roply enrlior. I nust infom you that I had civen you ull
the details of the job in my letter, and 1 can tell you again that neo ilo
are beinc oneaged frai this end# 0510 pt cruitosnt at this oni is rather
slow Just now # and sinoe ay arrival there are many people who hove boen
ens&GPd* I cannot say anything further, ad if you are prepared to stey
in BaMr^n esd tiako a shot, X an sure it will be a success as the CoiapaDy
** mo&inxginr, local engasonents of their Indium euployeoo. ijy reason
^tfwniag to write to you was mainly to Q^uge the situation at thij
eruxc, m j&o Conpnny has taken about 75 clerks recently i *e« in the last
3 months and most of theoi hare hardly any worls^ just a the present monent
they havn not taken any hands until tiieir refinery ready, and than there
will bo xessulor w-r Ilils la rathora delicate luection one cannot say
how lont one will hare to wait* I would su&^est you to take a noavti^s leave
and cone hero, ao that you iny retai i your job in case of failure. The
COKjany is faoiiv: to develop another field in Arabia, acce 40 ^lilos
f rai lioro, at present there ore about 100 people working and soon they will
be ro^uirinc xaoiu OSie Ccnp^my is propoain: to bfcild another Itofinery, and
whei. the '.toi *: starts there will bo plenty of oraploynent for clerks# It will
take XZ days to cone here fron Bonbay and the passage vsdLll coot Ra 30/-
Sey within lis 75/- you can be in Bahruin uhon I shall be only too pleased
to help you as rmsh as I can regarding your staying etc, you should not
bot2»r I will fix you up, until you cot fixed up. But Hayrwad it will
be a creat risk, unless you are cooing hero to wait until you Get a chanco t
ha; if you are ccmiiv: }iere to try and if you do not get a chance it will
be aadnosa to go away, until and unless you net in hero, you will,have
to wait for a chanc^# Besides you will have nany of your friends here.
You raay bo knafinc I4r Gopai £ xan Abodan, ho ij in tho taff Dept t and if
you will write hin a personal letter I an sure it « iil be veiy
effective, as he beinc on the staff dept Is e*n.ctly in a position,
to know when tbey will be taking hands# AS a natter of interest just
today 5 more clerics have been tfttoon* After a lone tine sent to
\rabia f ajiotusr funcy thine has happened, tho coropany has been instructed
Arab Govemneat not to engage Hindus, al to take amy the
^ -da »uxady eqployod there and that they want Mohanadans or Ghrlstians
and the 3 chaps taken today arc all mohanadans. Ycu need not be afraid
of your staying in 3ah»oin# t wiU fix you up with ne* Anywa. please
write to ioe what you decide* In tho neamadiile you write to Lfir Oopol#
I have already apokontp hin about you, you can address him c/o 3apoo t
Uewounp, Bahrein - 1 hope you and Bert eve doing well. I *a gltid the
bliflhter at lost thoueht of writing to ne. Life is var? dull here without
drinks. I do not know what sortnof Chriotnas we will be havine Without
any drinks of any kind* Has Visiter cone down, please remembetr ne to
the folks at hone - Wi U tell you scuethin^ of Mae Vest next tins, hardly
any ti ie nov#
Yours tiuly
3d/- Britto
V,
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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representative, the Adviser to the Governement of Bahrain, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the employment of Bahrain, Indian, British and American labour by BAPCO for the construction of the Refinery in Bahrain, and on the working conditions in the BAPCO camps. The file includes draft contracts and correspondence on cases of unlawful emigration from India and Persia to Bahrain and on the working conditions of Indian labour.
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- 1 file (258 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file (folios 231-259). The notes refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
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The main foliation, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 259. There is another foliation sequence, not circled and incomplete.
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