‘File 28/57-III Volunteers for National Service: Conscription of Labour, etc.’ [‎15r] (29/514)

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The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the introduction and application of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, issued 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). The Regulation stipulated that British subjects employed at the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), whose operations were considered essential to the war effort, could not leave their post without the permission of 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. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’ (IOR/R/15/2/749). The principal correspondents in the file are: the (officiating) 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 (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield); the Chief Local Representative of BAPCO (Milton H Lipp; Ward P Anderson).

The file includes:

• copies of correspondence dated November 1941, relating to the introduction of a regulation under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act (1939-1940) in Persia [Iran], prohibiting employees of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and Imperial Bank from leaving their jobs without prior official consent (ff 3-13);
• copies of correspondence, papers, and file notes, dated from March 1942, detailing discussion 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. , Government of India officials, 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 BAPCO and PCL representatives, over the drafting and implementation of an emergency regulation to be 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). The correspondence discusses: the applicability of the regulation to Indian as well as ‘British-European’ employees; the allocation of leave to Indian employees; opposition of BAPCO and PCL to conscription; employees’ likely response to the Regulation; questions of jurisdiction over Canadian and United States employees; punishment of offenders under the regulation; copies of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, dated 7 May 1942 (ff 102-103, ff 117-118); letters to the managers of BAPCO, PCL and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ), all dated 8 May 1942, informing them of the implementation of the Defence Regulation (ff 104-112);
• correspondence concerning shortages of staff at BAPCO, including lists of staff whose contracts have expired or have resigned, roles required to be filled, and efforts to recruit employees from the Burmah Oil Company and from Caltex (Africa) Limited, in South Africa;
• correspondence relating to individual BAPCO employees, either applying for temporary leave, including compassionate leave, and reassignment. The correspondence includes: applications for leave; assessments of the individuals’ importance to operations; employment records; correspondence relating to the granting of exit permits by 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. ; notices informing employees due to depart Bahrain on leave of their duty to return to Bahrain after their leave has completed, or face arrest and conviction under the Defence Regulation (f 155);
• notes and correspondence dated from March 1942 relating to the increased cost of living in Bahrain, due to the rising costs of foodstuffs, and the possibility of granting additional allowances to Indian BAPCO employees (ff 56-60, ff 68-71).

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1 file (254 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 238-256) 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 back cover with 257; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-256; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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