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Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎68v] (136/669)

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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must therefore notify the Head of the Personnel
Department of the facts of the case at the earliest
possible moment.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 14.
ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN DECORATIONS.
1. Generally speaking, members of the Foreign
Service, like other persons in the service of the
Crown, are not eligible for The King’s permission to
accept and wear foreign decorations and medals.
Such pennission may, however, be given in the case
of decorations conferred for distinguished services in
the saving of life, or, if such a case should arise, ser
vices performed by a member of the Foreign Service
while lent to a foreign Government, if he is paid by
them and not from British public funds during the
period of the loan.
2. A restricted form of permission may be granted
in the case of decorations conferred in recognition
of personal attentions to a foreign Sovereign or Head
of State, or a member of a foreign Royal Family,
on the occasion of State or official visits by such
personages, in the case of decorations conferred upon
His Majesty’s Ambassadors or Ministers abroad
when The King pays a State visit to the countries to
which they are accredited, and in the case of decora
tions conferred upon Foreign Service officers when
forming part of a Special Mission when The King
is represented at a foreign Coronation, Wedding,
Funeral, or similar occasion, or upon any diplomatic
representative when specially accredited to represent
His Majesty on such an occasion (but not on the
members of his staff).
3. The King’s Regulations do not contemplate the
grant of any permission for the acceptance and
wearing of foreign decorations offered to His
Majesty’s Ambassadors or Ministers abroad when
leaving, even on final retirement. When, as some
times happens, a foreign Sovereign or Head of State
presents a departing Head of Mission with a decora
tion without having given any previous notice, either
to His Majesty’s Government or the recipient, of
his intention to do so, and the recipient cannot
decline it without giving offence, he should make it
clear that he will not be able to wear it without
The King’s permission. The grant of this, however,
must not be expected, and if it is refused the most
that the recipient may expect is permission to retain
the decoration as a simple souvenir not to be worn.
4. In any case in which a member of the Foreign
Service learns that the bestowal of a foreign decora
tion upon him is in contemplation, his informant
should be reminded of the desire of His Majesty’s
Government to be consulted through the diplomatic
channel before any final decision to confer it is
taken, and clso, if the case is clearly of such a
character, that their consent is not likely to be forth
coming. In no case should the grant of The King’s
permission be assumed.
5. Ihe foregoing applies equally to medals, includ
ing State decorations not carrying membership of
foreign Orders of Chivalry. Medals for saving or
attempting to save life, whether awarded by the
Head or Government of a foreign State or by private
life-saving societies or institutions, may be accepted
and worn without restriction.
6. The waves of members of the Foreign Service
are regarded as subject to the same general disabili
ties as their husbands where the acceptance of foreign
honours is concerned.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 15.
PRESENTATIONS.
A member of the Foreign Service may not re
ceive gifts or presentations, whether in the shape
of money, goods, free passages, or other beneiits,
trom any person in recognition of services rendered
by virtue of his official position, or, in any case, from
foreigners resident in the foreign country where that
member is serving, without having first secured the
permission of the Secretary of State.
Comment.
1 his Regulation, which also applies to the
families of members of the Foreign Service, should
not be regarded as applying to small personal gifts
such as may be received from colleagues and
friends.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 16.
PRIVATE OCCUPATIONS.
1. No member of the Foreign Service may, without
the permission of the Secretary of State, accept any
post in the management of any trading, commercial,
industrial, financial, or professional firm or company.
Comment.
Permission under paragraph 1 is only likely to
be given in very exceptional cases, for instance in
some cases permission to become a director in a
small private company which is confined to mem
bers of the officer’s family may be given: or occa
sionally an officer may be permitted temporarily
to take some part in the organisation of a firm as
executor for a deceased relative until new arrange
ments for the carrying on of the firm’s business
can be made.
2. —(1) No member of the Foreign Service may at
any time engage in any activity which would in
any way tend to impair his usefulness as a public
servant.
(2) No member of the Foreign Service may engage
in any occupation or undertaking which might in
any way conflict with the interests of the Service
or be inconsistent with his position as a member of
the Foreign Service.
Comment.
(1) There is, of course, nothing to prevent mem
bers of the Service from becoming members of,
or occupying posts on the Councils of, charitable
or learned societies, provided that their responsi
bilities in that concern are not serious enough to
conilict with the discharge of their official duties
and provided also that the activities of these socie
ties are not such as to bring paragraph 2 (1) or
(2) of this Regulation into play.
(2) It is the duty of any member who may have
any doubt as to the propriety of undertaking any
particular work to consult the Head of the
Personnel Department.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 17.
ACCEPTANCE OF OUTSIDE APPOINTMENTS.
1. The assent of the Secretary of State must be
obtained before a member of Grades 1-5 of Branch
A of the Foreign Service, after resignation or retire
ment, accepts an appointment in a business or other
body: —
(а) which is in contractual relationship with the
Government;
(б) w hich is in receipt of any subsidies or their
equivalent from the Government;
(c) in which the Government is a shareholder;
(d) which is in receipt from the Government of
any loans, guarantees, or other forms of capital
assistance;
{e) with which Services or Departments or
Branches of Government are, as a matter of
course, in a special relationship; and
if) any semi-public organisation brought into
being by the Government and/or by Parliament.
2. After the lapse of two years from the date of
retiiernent, such assent will no longer be required.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 18.
INTEREST IN CONTRACTS.
j . Any member of the Foreign Service having an
interest in a company or partnership or business
wim which a contract with a Government Office is
concluded or may be concluded, must disclose the
measure of that interest fully to the Deputy Under
secretary of State for Administration in writing.
2. Any member who has occasion to come in con
tact in his official capacity with any matter con
cerning a company, partnership or other business
concern in which he has an interest, must disclose
that interest to the Deputy Under-Secretary of State
for Administration.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Regulation do not,
aowever, apply to the mere holding of shares in
a public company by a member of the service unless
such holding is so great as to give the member a
controlling interest in the said company.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 19.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.
1. A member of the Foreign Service who becomes
bankrupt or insolvent must at once report the fact
to the Secretary of State. If the member is serving

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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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