Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎248r] (495/669)

POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. AT ICJWAIT
1 Political Agant,
1 Assistant political Ageat*
POLITICAL AGE.NCY AY OTSCAf '
1 political Agemt, cuad
1 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. *
15 Total*
Of these, 7 should be trained officers fit to hold a senior
appointment *t any time, and the remainder should be junior
officers of staggered ages in various stages of training and
experience* In addition^, it nill be necessary to train
officers to fill the three new junior posts for Bahrain,
the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the 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. , which will have to be
created in the near future: and to provide a training and
leave reserve to maintain the cadre of 13 officers* The
wastage of officers in the Saif has been very high. Since
1939, 21 political officers have served on the Arab side of
whom only 5 of those who can be said to be fully trained are
now available for the posts of 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. and 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. — vide Appendix VI.
17 . Before proceeding further I would emphasise the
fact that the Foreign Office ought to post say three young
officers at once to the Gulf for training* Of the officers
shown in A-pendlx VI, the youngest, Hudson, is 31$ and none
except Hudson has less than 10 years civil service, further,
Tandy does not wish to serve any longer, and Ranee, in spite
of w recommendations, is net being accorded an interview
(£.f v . my demi-official letter H0.1130-S dated the 11th June,
1947, to Bird, copy sent to you under my P.L* Ho.ll£l-b)* It
is essential chat some additional officers should be trained
at once if we are to avoid a serious deterioration in the
present standards of administration.
18. At the moment we are carrying on with a skeleton
staff of experienced officers who are already trained, ho
young officers are coming on, all officers have large
accumulations of leave which they cannot take, and, during
the leave season, major decisions invoking time and patient
negotiation (I refer, for instance, to such cases as the
Abu Dhabi-Dubai boundary dispute) can only be reached oy
denying officers their current earnings of leave. I will
deal with the subject of a training and leave reserve below.
19 . Training t Before posting to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. all
officers of the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. (with the exception of
the personal Assistant to the Resident) had been trained in
India in law, administration, and political subjects. Former
officers of the Isidian Civil Service and Indian police arriving
in the Gulf usually had seven years 1 service, and military
officers three years* civil in addition to their military service.
Ordinarily