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Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎64r] (127/669)

The record is made up of 1 file (333 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1947-16 Apr 1948. 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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[Extract from “The London Gazette”, No. 37852, 0/14 January, 1947.]
Foreign Office, yth January, 1947.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in pre
senting for publication in the London Gazette the
subjoined ‘‘ Regulations for His Majesty’s Foreign
Service,” which are the first Regulations of this kind
to be made and published, considers it desirable to
give some explanation of the position with regard
to these Regulations. The Regulations for H.M.
Foreign Service are made under Article 6 of the
Foreign Service Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1943, which was
made on the 20th May, 1943. Article 6 of the
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. provides : —
Article 6.
(1) The Foreign Secretary shall from time to time
make ” Regulations for His Majesty’s Foreign
Service
(2) The said regulations may in particular provide
for ail or any of the following matters: —
(a) The division of the Service into branches,
the grades of members of the Service within the
different branches, and the relative position of the
different branches and grades;
(b) The conditions of appointment of new mem
bers to different branches of the Service;
(c) The salaries for the different branches and
grades of the Service;
(d) The conditions of promotion in the Service,
including promotion from a branch to a higher
branch;
(e) In conformity with any Act or Acts of
Parliament which may be applicable, the con
ditions of retirement and pension for members of
the Service.
(3) The said regulations, in so far as they specify
salaries, allowances, travelling allowances, or con
ditions of retirement and pension, shall not be made
without the concurrence of the Lords Commissioners
of His Majesty’^ Treasury.
(4) All regulations made under this Article shall
be published in the London Gazette.
2. The subjoined Regulations refer mainly to the
Senior Branch of the Foreign Service. Further
Regulations will be issued from time to time, as
necessary, dealing both with this Branch and with
other Branches of the Service.
3. Pending the issue of the complete Regulations,
the status quo ante the creation of the Foreign
Service by the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. of May, 1943, is
preserved by the provisional Regulation No. 1 of
20th April, 1944, except in so far as it is altered
by the Foreign Service Regulations issued from time
to time.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 1.
his majesty's foreign service.
The Foreign Service is composed of the following
five Branches. Members of all Branches with the
exception of Branch E, are liable to serve in the
Foreign Office or at a diplomatic or consular post
abroad as and when required.
1. Branch A, consisting of persons appointed, after
receiving a certificate of qualification from the Civil
Service Commissioners, to the,Foreign Service to serve
as Third Secretary or Vice-Consul (Grade 9, see
Foreign Service Regulation No. 2) or in any superior
grade.
The following persons at present in the Foreign
Service are members of Branch A, namely: —
(a) Persons who, at the date of the Foreign
Service Order-in-Council of the 20th May, 1943,
were members of the Foreign Office and IDiplomatic
Service, the Commercial Diplomatic Service, or the
Consular Service.
(b) Persons who became members of the Foreign
Service under Article 3 of the Foreign Service
Order-inGouncil and hold a position in Grade 9
or in any superior grade of Branch A.
2. Branch B, consisting of persons appointed to
the Foreign Service for the performance of executive
and clerical duties.
The following persons at present employed in the
Foreign Office or at diplomatic or consular posts
abroad will, if they are suitable, and if they are
prepared to accept liability for service both abroad
and in the Foreign Office, be eligible to become
members of the Foreign Service under Branch B;
namely: —
(а) Members of the executive and clerical classes
in the Foreign Office.
(б) Established accountants, archivists, cypher
officers and clerks abroad.
(c) Existing unestablished employees of equiva
lent grades at diplomatic and consular posts whose
establishment is approved by the Treasury.
Certain posts both at home and abroad, which
have hitherto 'been filled by members of Branch A,
will be made available for members of Branch B.
3. Branch C, consisting of persons appointed to
the Foreign Service for the performance of shorthand
typing and typing duties.
Established persons in these grades at present
employed in the Foreign Office or in diplomatic or
consular posts abroad will, if they are suitable, be
eligible to become members of Branch C of the
Foreign Service if they are prepared to accept lia
bility for service both in the Foreign Office and
abroad.
4. Branch D, consisting of established King’s
Foreign Service Messengers.
5. Branch E, consisting of established members of
the messengerial grades such as chancery servants,
messengers and night guards in diplomatic and con-
sular posts abroad.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 2.
GRADES and salaries.
1. The grades and salaries of members of Branch A
of the Foreign Service are as follows: —
Grade
Grade 2.
Grade 3.
Grade 4.
Grade 5.
Grade 6.
£ 3.500
£2.500
£2,250
£2,000
£1,700
£1,200
rising by annual in< rements
of ^50 to £1,700.
Grade 7. ^800 rising by annual increments of
£50 to £1,100.
Grade 8. ^485 rising by annual increments of
£30 to £625.
Grade 9. £275 for first two years then £325
rising by annual increments of £30 to £385.
Comment : —
Grade 1 will consist of the Permanent Under
secretary of State and the Heads of the major
Missions.
Grade 2 will consist of the Political Deputy
Under-Secretary of State, the Heads of the other
leading Missions and the Legal Adviser.
Grade 3 will include certain Heads of Missions
and other Deputy Under-Secretaries of State.
Grade 4 will include Assistant Under-Secretaries
of State in the Foreign Office, the Heads of cer
tain Missions, the Minister (Deputy Head) at
certain major Missions and the holders of the most
important commercial-diplomatic, consular and
oriental secretaries’ and inspectors’ posts.
Grade 5 will consist of Heads of some minor
Diplomatic Missions, of the holders of other impor
tant commercial-diplomatic, consular and oriental
secretairies’ posts, erf other inspectors’ and of
MinisterGounsellors’ posts.
Grade 6 will include Heads of other minor
Diplomatic Missions, Counsellors, the majority of
Consuls-General and the Second Legal Adviser,
who is on a salary scale of ^1,300-^1,700.
Grade 7 will consist of First Secretaries, Consuls
and the Assistant Legal Advisers, who are on a
salary scale of £goo-£i ,200.
Grade 8 will include Second Secretaries and
Senior Vice-Consuls.
Grade 9 will consist of persons who, after re
ceiving a certificate of qualification from the Civil
Service Commissioners, are appointed to the
Foreign Service to serve as Third Secretaries or
Vice-Consuls. Subject to satisfactory service,
promotion from Grade 9 to Grade 8 will be auto
matic at 5 years’ date from passing the first
entrance examination into the Foreign Service.
2. Any officer of Grade 8 or 9 serving abroad who
is called upon to assume the full duties of a post of
Grade 6 or above, or any officer of Grade 7 similarly
assuming the full duties of a post of Grade 5 or
above may, after a period of three months, be
granted, while continuing to perform such higher
duties, an Acting Allowance equal to one-quarter
of the salary of the grade in which he is acting
(or of the mean of the salary of that grade if it
is on a scale) always provided that the officer’s own
salary together with the Acting Allowance shall
not exceed the minimum of the salary for the grade
in which he is acting.
When a Grade 6 post of head of a post abroad dr
of a department in the Foreign Office becomes

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The file concerns conditions of employment at the British Consulates in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file is compiled when, after Indian Independence, the Foreign Office was planning to take over certain posts previously administered by the Government of India.

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The file is composed of correspondence between Commonwealth Relations Office, the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, and the Secretary of State for India. The file includes extracts from The London Gazette.

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1 file (333 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 334; 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.

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