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‘File 28/57-V Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942 (Working of)’ [6r] (11/88)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1944-27 Jun 1946. 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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Jor>y of
I T o. 150-
Khorrarnr
British Consulate
liiorranshahr.
Jear Bir Header Bullard, ' ''
... Please refer to Your Excellency's
letter TIo. 25/45/44 dated the 28th Hay 1944 and its enclosures
2. The Joint Board inside the A.I.O.C. has now been
established, and at its first : eetin^, elected representatives
to serve on the proposed Consul's Corr.ittee which will consider
anplications for termination of employment.
3. For the reasons piven in parapraoh 2 of my Javinprara Bo.5
of 10th Hay, both Pattinson and I still feel that it would be
impracticable for the Consul's Committee to consider anplications
to which the mam.genent have already signified their apreement.
Moreover, it seems to us doubtful whether there is in iact,any
demand that such anplications should be submitted to the Commi
ttee. To clear up this doubt, Pattinson, with my approval,
is referring the question for the opinion of the A.I.O.C.
Joint Board at its next meeting ( in a few days time).
4. There has so far been no demand to establish similar
machinery for dealing with, applic tions from Indians and other
British employees of the Company, and in the light of our
experience to"date, neither Pattinson nor I consider it
necessary to establish such machinery.
5. Regarding the treatment of men who refuse to wor or play
Ca Canny, I have replied in my Bavinprarn Ho.6 dated 10th June
1S44, that Pattinson and I agree, that the only thing to do
with them is to discharge them and replace them from home.
6. It seems to me however, that our inability to punish such
men discloses a fundamental flaw in the
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, which
in effect, negatives all our efforts to administer the Order
iustly, for there is little purpose in establishing a Consul's
Committee to review applications for release, if disatisfied
applicants, can flout the orders passed on the Committee's
recommendation, by compelling the Comoany to discharge them.
7. Undoubtedly the great majority of Tien would be too cons
cientious to adopt this procedure. It is apparent however
that, the very existence of this escape route places a premium
on conscience, moreover^ since the loopholes in the Order as
it now stands, allow, on the one hand, the Company to dismiss
/ employees
Bir Header /. Bullard,
His Britannic Haiest;
's Ambassador
British Embassy,
TEHRAN.
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The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the rescission of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, made under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Emergency) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1939), which prohibited employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) from quitting their employment without the prior consent of the British political authorities. 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 Charles Geoffrey Prior); 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 (Major Tom Hickinbotham; also T E Rogers, officiating in Hickinbotham’s absence); the 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. (Roland Tennyson Peel).
The file includes:
- correspondence discussing difficulties raised by the Regulation (employees either having difficulties returning home for their leave, or not returning after their leave has completed), and the possibility of rescinding the Regulation in August 1944, rejected on the grounds that important expansion work on the refinery at Bahrain was ongoing, and that the Regulation was working effectively for all but one or two ‘ill-disposed employees’ (ff 3-4, ff 8-10, f 13, ff 21-22);
- correspondence dated from July 1945, concerning the suspension, and then the rescission of the Regulation, including copies of Regulation No. 1 of 1946, which officially repealed Regulation No. 2 of 1942 (ff 23-36);
- copies of correspondence sent by His Majesty’s Consul at Khorramshahr (Andrew Charles Stewart) to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard), concerning difficulties encountered in enforcing a similar Regulation at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), where many employees were reported to be deliberately reducing their output in order to force managers to dismiss them (ff 6-7, ff 11-12);
- 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 Chief Local Representative at BAPCO (Ward P Anderson) over the Regulation and its enforcement in relation to Indian employees taking leave (ff 16-19).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (42 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 40-43) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 44; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- ‘File 28/57-V Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942 (Working of)’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:15v, 18r:18v, 20r:22v, 24r:24v, 26r:28v, 30r:31v, 33r:34v, 37r:38v, 40r:43v, back-i, back
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