Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎95r] (189/669)

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PEBSOMAL
PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. ,
BAHRAIN,
dated 3J)fcfc October 1947
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With reference to recent telegraphic
correspondence about postings there are one or two
points not covered by my telegrams.
2. Firstly, you suggested in para 4 of your
telegram No.14029 October 23rd that one of the
officers to be sent for training might be posted as
my Personal Assistant. The pay of the post of
Personal Assistant before August 15th was only Rs.200
plus Rs.100 dearness allowance. For some reason
which I have not yet been able fully to fathom the
sanction for the payment of these emoluments is
regarded as having lapsed since the 15th August. My
daughter Mary is actually performing the duties that
would normally be allotted to a Personal Assistant
and I gathered from the Foreign Office that there was
no objection to this provided she was not paid from
Government funds. In the circumstances there is no
sanction for the post of Personal Assistant and as the
( duties are already actually being performed by my
/ daughter there is no particular point in posting one
of the trainees in that capacity.
3. With regard to the question of an incumbent
for the post of 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. Bahrain
I have suggested to W.O.P. Hodder of the Indian Police
whom I know well that if he would like to be considered
for the job he should apply to you. He was Senior
Assistant Director of Intelligence in Quetta when I
was A.G.G. As a Police officer he has much experience
of Indian law and court procedure and presumably also
of passport and visa matters. I doubt however whether
he will volunteer.
4. It may also interest you to know that
Schomberg has applied for a job however junior in the
Gulf. He states "I was a District Judge in Singapore
with an English Bar before me and I used to know Arabic
fluently*'. His date of birth is not given in "Who's Yvho"
but he must be over 67. Although he is fit in spite of
his age I hardly think he can be expected to settle
down
E. P. Donaldson, Esquire, C.M.G.,
Commonwealth Relations Office
LONDON.