Coll 29/100 'Kerman Vice-Consulate: temporary inclusion of Bandar Abbas' [‎6r] (13/164)

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dopy of an ijcprasa Lttter No* 1520*^4/149• d ted tr.«
2nd AUjrtist 1945 froiQ ti.e Eon’ble the Iblltical Resident
in ttie l^roian Gulf* Bushire* to Fortign* Dellii*
.abjecti Scales of P&y 9t
, jitFereno© meciorajuduni No*i8(14}H[ | -/4^* dated the Ejth !».p.y 1945*
froia the C-OTernwent of India in the External Affairs :)epartttent»
in which sanction was accorded to the up-grading of the two peats
of Interpreters instead of the three as proposed in this Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. a
letter No.194-64/222 dated‘the 6 th February,1943;
2* Since the senior Interpreter on the Arab side is posted at
Muscat (where there is a very largo volume of judicial
vork involving the claims' of British Indians against the local
populati n* ana much landed property is owned locally by them
and since this officer was specially qualified lor Museat, one pos
on enhanced pay has been allotted to this place, where moreover the
climatic oonditiens are exceptionally severe. The other has been
allotted to Xhorramehahr where the competition from the f i-i Company
and the American forces is most formidable•
5. re now remains the post of Interpreter at Kuwait where
great difficulty has been experienced in both engaging and retaining
the right type of Interpreter, whose integrity and loyalty have to
be above criticism for obvious reasons . Two of the incumbents of
this post resigned in the brief period of two years prior to January
1945, and since the issue of this Residency’s letter referred to above
nother incumbent of that post has also resigned. It is clearly
becoming impossible to recruit the right type of man for Kuwait and
to retain bim after recruitment on the present low rates cf P&y-
4. For the above reasons, and for others which will occur to the
Government of India, I strongly recommend that the Government of
India reconsider their decision and pass orders for the up-grading
of the third post of First interpreter.
THE IS TIE OF TliE ABOVE HAS BE3EK AtJThCBl D.
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