Pol Ext 6494/49 'Deportation of Pakistani employees from Aramco' [‎28r] (56/85)

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necossities or lire* At 11 a*m. Anerleans summoned ua to the
ofrice for rilling and signing or forms under the escort of the
Security Gi*&rd # There 43 Pakistanis were thrown into a tiny
room and remained there for three hours with Arab policemen
outside the door.
On March 6th the relevant papers for otir departure were
prepared and we were packed off to the Dhaliran Pier, At the
Cktiop we loaded our luggage into the truck and at the Pier
we off-loaded it from the truck; At the Pier, we had been
lying for six hours uncared for.
At 6 p.a. Americans arrived at the Pier and ordered us to
re-load our luggage into the truck and go back to the camp.
So had an altercation with then; in which they once again
ohowed their haughtiness. Tie said to them that we would not
go back to idie camp. They brought a self-styled •Amir*.
However, we re-loaded our luggage and went beck to the camp.
There they announced that we would go by air at 12 midnight.
They posted around our camp security Guards, word not
allowed to stir out. w© kept awake till 12 midnight. There
was an order of the day that we would fly at 7 a.m. on March
^ th, At ^ a.m, we were despat died, to the Aerodrome under
escort. There again we reluctantly unloaded our luggage.
The medical examination was nominal. They did not give us any
certificate oi medical examination. The consequence was that
we were detained in the Isolation Hospital for three days on
our landing at Karachi Aerodrome because of not possessing the
Yellow F©ver Certificates.
We were kept hungry for 24 hours. We were given food neither
in hhahran nor at the Dhshrau Airport or on the plane, wa
had cur evening moal in the Isolation Hospital at 9 p.m. on
March 7th. Wo wore released from the Isolation Hospital
on March 10th. *<© had been resting for two days on March ll
and 12, On March 13 and 14 fell holidays.’ Thus we reported
to the Recruiting Agent and you on M&rch 15,
The statement set out auove depicts vividly what mental
and physical humiliation the Americans inflicted on ua. The
individual claims would folldw later through Pakistani
Employees Aramco Association,
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