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Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎69v] (138/669)

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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9. —(a) Members of the Foreign Service must not,
without the permission of the Secretaxy of State,
publish any book or article, or give any public
lecture or broadcast, which is based in whole or in
part upon their experiences as members of the Ser
vice or upon information obtained by them as a
member of the Service.
(6) The reproduction in extenso of unpublished
official documents (and this includes memoranda
prepared by officials in their official capacity and
with access to official information) is not permitted.
(c) Members of the Service, in publishing any
book or article, or in giving any public lecture or
broadcast talk (whether such book, lecture or talk
is or is not based upon their experiences as members
of the Service, or upon information obtained by
them as members of the Service), must not, without
the permission of the Secretary of State, refer to or
permit any reference to be made to the position they
hold or have held as a member of the Service.
10. Former members of the Foreign Service, or of
those services which are now incorporated in the
Foreign Service, remain subject to the Official Secrets
Acts as regards all official documents and as regards
all confidential information obtained by them while
members of the Service.
n. Whenever a member of the Service ceases to
be a member, he shall inform the Secretary of State
of all papers in his possession which come, or may
reasonably be thought to come, under any of the
provisions of this Regulation. The Secretary of
State may then give directions as to the future
custody and disposal of such papers. A failure by
the member to comply with the provision of this
paragraph, or with the directions of the Secretary
of State under it, will be a matter of which the
Secretary of State may take account in connexion
with his recommendations to the Lords Commis
sioners of His Majesty's Treasury as regards the
award of a pension.
Comment.
When a member of the Foreign Service dies, he
cannot by his will bequeath to any other person
papers which are the property of His Majesty’s
Government as official papers, nor can he give any
right to his executors or legatees to read secret
papers which he could not show to them in his
lifetime. Members of the Service should make
arrangements to secure that, on their death, all
papers which might come under this Regulation
are delivered to the Foreign Office for examination
and decision as to their custody and disposal.
APPENDIX.
Extracts from the Official Secrets Acts.
Official Secrets Act, 1911 .
Section 2 .
Subsection ( 1 ).
If any person, having in his possession or control
any . . . document or information . . . which has
been entrusted in confidence to him by any person
holding office under His Majesty, or which he has
obtained owing to his position as a person who
has held office under His Majesty ... (a) com
municates . . . the document or information to any
person, other than a person to whom he is authorised
to communicate it, or a person to whom it is in the
interest of the State his duty to communicate it,
and (6) retains . . . the document in his possession
or control when he has no right to retain it or when
it is contrary to his duty to retain it;
that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.
Subsection (3).
A person guilty of a misdemeanour under this
section shall be liable to imprisonment with or with
out hard labour to a term not exceeding two years
or to a fine, or to both imprisonment and a fine.
Section 12 .
In this Act . . . the expression “ office under
His Majesty ’ includes any office or employment in
or under any department of the Government of the
United Kingdom or of any British possession.
Official Secrets Act, 1920 .
Section 1 .
Subsection (2).
If any person (a) retains for any purpose prejudicial
to the safety or the interests of the State any official
document, whether or not completed or issued for
use, when he has no right to retain it, or when it
is contrary to his duty to retain it, or fails to comply
with any direction issued by any Government Depart
ment, or any person authorised by such Department
with regard to the return or disposal thereof; or (b)
allows any other person to have possession of any
official document issued for his use alone, or com
municates any official code or password issued, or,
without lawful authority or excuse, has in his posses
sion any official document . . . issued for the use of
some person other than himself, or, on obtaining
possession of any document by finding or otherwise,
neglects or fails to restore it to the person or
authority by whom or for whose use it was issued
. . .; or (c) . . . he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

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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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Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎69v] (138/669), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3609, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056641762.0x00008d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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