Coll 29/114(1) 'Supply of transport vehicles for consular posts in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎45r] (91/407)

A possible solution would be in the case of:-
(a) Travelling Allowances . To apply the Foreign Service
Regulations for journeys outside the G-ulf in the case of officers
serving on contract and to maintain the Government of India Rules
for officers touring within the Gulf area. Admittedly an anomaly
will occur in the cases of career Foreign Servants, but if they
are to draw their local advances of pay from the Indian Treasuries
it will be better for their claims for travelling allowances to
be submitted in accordance with Government of India Rules, and ihE
different entitlements (i.e. Government of India as against
Foreign Service Rules) to be adjusted at the presentation of the
last 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. Budget. As far as I can discover, the Foreign
Office fix subsistence rates in accordance with local conditions,
and they will have to decide tnese rates either on the evidence
supplied by tais Office (i.e. on the basis of allowances already
sanctioned by the Government of India;, or by despatching an
officer to the Gulf to inspect and to report. A solution of this
point is of some imnediate importance, as all officers, career or
contract, will presumably be required to do some tours between
now and April 1st, 1948.
(b) Motor-cars . The Indian Gar Code might be maintained
until April 1st, 1948, when presumably all vehicles in the Gulf
will come under the Foreign Office Car Pool in matters of
maintenance and supply.
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. refers to the Foreign Service
Regulation No.7, paragraph 3(a), laying down that he must obtain
the authority of the Secretary of State before going on tour. I
think this matter need only be taken up with the Foreign Office il
it is decided to apply Foreign Service Regulations en bloc during
the current year.
(Sgd.)A.H. Reed,
26 / 10 .
This question is to sane extent connected with the general
question of payment of officers and auditing arrangements, papers
regarding which are now with A.G.
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