‘File 28/38 Powers to appoint approved members of the Company’s [Petroleum Concessions Limited] staff in Qatar as special police officers’ [30r] (59/82)
The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 26 Jul 1947-4 Dec 1950. 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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Langham has asked me to take up with you
the question orthe amendment of Order No.3, which
you i88ued/<m 19th February in connection with K. R.
No.l of 1948 under the Qatar Order-in-Council.
2* Two of the Special Police Officers then
appointed, Messrs. Skinner and Me Leod have now
left Qatar, and Langham would like them replaced
by Messrs. A® Peterkin and A.G. Alexander. He
would also like Mr Haugh appointed as Chief S.P.O.,
a step which for some reason he appears to have
overlooked during the past two years.
3. I think that the need which these Officers
were appointed to meet, namely the maintenance of
order among the British and American staff of the
Company, still remains, and is not affected by
security developments in other directions in Qatar
in the mean time.
C.J. Pelly Esq. OBE.,
H.M.
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.
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Bahrain©
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The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to the institution of a regulation, created under the Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1939) enabling 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 to appoint specified employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) as Special Police Officers in Qatar. The principal correspondents in the file are: 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay); 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 (Cornelius James Pelly); and Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte (PCL Manager).
The file contains:
- correspondence between 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 PCL Manager, dated July to August 1947, relating to the dismissal and threatening behaviour of a PCL employee in Qatar, and the Political Agent’s subsequent proposal to 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. that PCL be enabled to appoint selected employees as Special Police Officers to deal with such incidents in future (ff 2-8);
- correspondence between 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. and Eion Pelly Donaldson of the Commonwealth Relations Office, relating to the proposal to appoint PCL employees as police officers under the Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (ff 12-14);
- draft and printed copies of King’s Regulation under Article 83 of the Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939, No. 1 of 1948, entitled Special Police Officers’ Regulations (ff 17-18, f 27, f 29);
- correspondence and orders no. 1 and 2 of 1950, relation to the appointment of specific PCL employees as Special Police Officers in Qatar (ff 20-21, ff 31-35).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (38 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 36-39) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 41; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-14; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Condition: there is evidence of insect damage throughout the file, in the form of small holes in the papers. This does not affect the readability of the file.
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- ‘File 28/38 Powers to appoint approved members of the Company’s [Petroleum Concessions Limited] staff in Qatar as special police officers’
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:4v, 6r:7v, 9r:9v, 11r:18v, 20r:26v, 28r:28v, 30r:40v, back-i, back
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