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Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎73r] (145/669)

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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14th Kovairibei*, 1947
1yVOiild X chiniv uo hol^ful !£* we could now
,/iiai. adxlitions will ppovieionoj.lT bo rioc qq n nr *y to our Brunch
lueal o31ob 11 oliiueiit ucconi iod8u3 posts in the I en»icm
Gulf. I eay '’provisionally'^ for I tiiln... everything we now
reco^aenu will hnvo to bo z > evi8ect in the I'l.rht of Xiispectoro 1
recoiauendtuions when we have had a oiianc© toSsnad a team to
the Gulf.
You tire I thinb already aware of the growing importance
of this area to II.y.G., and as a background, to our staffing
proposals I enclose an extract from a letter dated the 18th
v une tk'Qi't. Bir h. Hay $ the lolltical resident, to ^onaldson
in the oiLionwealth Kei at ions office. I aloo attach a
schedule showing the proposed additions to the Ideal
.istablislwkvnt. You h: ve already agreed to the filling of
all the posts in the schedule on the basis of the gradings
given therein except th© second grade f /3 post at baiti^ain
and the gz*ade 8, 9 post for the Assistant Political dgent at
disc at. >ir K. lay has stressed tho in^ortancs and we agree
with him that wo shourd send as soon as possible at least
two new entrants to the ersian Gulf to train both in the
language and in the very specialized type of work there. wa
are now shout to do this and we propose that the first new
entrant should fill the 8/9 post of Under-, aeretary and that
the second should be attached to the Political .esident as
additional Under-necretury for training and such duties as
may be required- You will see that the clinical Keaidont
proposes tentatively (apart from tho additional Under-
ecrotary at Bahrain) a second assistant political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at
Bahrain and Assistant Political agents at Kuwait» Sharja.
and ,atar. At a later stage we may have to make some
provision for commercial work. e would prefer to leave
these suggestions for the time being but the Political
resident has recently emphasised to us the need for a second
oiiicor at uscat and wo support this. Vhile we are therefore
omitting for the time being tho additional posts he asks for
at the Political Agencies at Bahrain, Kuwait, 3harja and
< atar, we should like to include the second A.8/9 post at
uacat, and the training post at the mesidoncy of additional
Under- joe i*o t ary.

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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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