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Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’ [40r] (79/229)
The record is made up of 1 file (113 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1942-15 Jul 1943. 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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7» It is suggested that the Minister should provide
that persons who want to make application for exemption on
medical or hardship grounds from orders to perform civil
defence duties should make them to the consul for the district
in which they reside, who should decide subject to appeal to
the ! mister* r 1 or the purpose of deciding applications for
exemption on medical grounds applicants should be required to
submit/examination by one of a panel of medical referees
appointed by the Iiinister* The Minister may appoint to the
panel any qualified doctors possessing degrees in any part o°
the British Empire and practising in the areas of Persia
civil defence duties are being imposed, including doctors
employed by the Oil Company, and also any medical officers of
the Armed forces of the Grown in Persia whom the military or
air xorce authorities in Persia win permit to perform this work.
8 * r ' ith reference to paragraph 4 (a) of the Regulation
hesp powers are permissive only but it will probably be necessary
as a first step to order a registration of British subjects and
protected persons in the areas affected. Registration should
at the appropriate British Consulate- Responsibility for
registration may, in the case of the employees of any British
company; be placed upon the employer. It would appear to be
unnecessary to provide for medical examination except in cases
where a person has made application to be exempted on medical 1
grounds«
9. The provisions of paragraph 6 of the Regulation only
apply where civil defence duties are being performed upon
premises occupied otherwise than by British authorities under
the orders of His Majesty’s Government- As, however, the
protection of the premises and installations of the Anglo-
ranian Oil company is the principal reason for the application
ol the Regulation to Persia, this paragraoh has an important
application- It is a condition of the affording of this protection
to the premises of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company ( and of any
otner company or private person if their premises should be
protected; that the.owner of the premises should pay the
allowances and provide the amenities referred to in this
paragraph of the Regulation for the persons performing civil
defence duties on their premises. It is for the Minister to
iix the rates of the allowances and to prescribe the amenities,
but he should do so after consultation with the management of the
Anglo-iranian Oil Company and he should inform the Poreign
Oil ice of the rates fixed- It is desired to leave the Minister-
discretion in fixing the rates of subsistence allowance, but in
doing this he may have in mind that in Great Britain the
standard rates are 3s. for periodsup to 12 hours and 4s-Gd- for
periods over 12 but not over 18 hours and 6s- for periods over
i8 hours out not over 24 hours. On the other hand this does
not mean that when civil defence duties are performed upon
premises occupied by British authorities no payment is to be
maae for travelling expenses or subsistence allowance and that
no amenities need be provided. On the contrary, it will be the
minister s duty to see that all these things are provided in
these cases. Travelling expenses should include the reimbursement
ol ail reasonable expenses necessarily incurred.
lOc Under paragraph 7 of the Regulation the Minister has
power xn any order he makes to sub-delegate to some other person-/
the
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The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War.
It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Abadan from air attack and sabotage; an order (Regulation 29 BB of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939) requiring British subjects and British protected persons in Persia to perform civil defence duties at Abadan, in the oilfields and at Kermanshah; the question of the application of the Regulation to Indian and Dominion British subjects; arrangements for the payment of compensation for war injuries to British subjects and British protected persons in Persia engaged in civil defence duties; and the question of compensation for war injuries for Indian employees of the AIOC in Persia.
The papers consist of correspondence and other papers including:
- Minutes of the Security Executive Conference on security of oil installations at Abadan, 19 August 1942, and note by the Chairman, 18 August 1942
- Minutes of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 31 December 1943 to discuss the application of Regulation 29 BB to Persia
- A copy of an instrument delegating to HM Minister at Tehran powers of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Regulation 29 BB
- A memorandum of instructions for HM Minister at Tehran on the operation of Defence Regulation 29 BB.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Government of India, External Affairs Department; the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Petroleum Division (formerly the Petroleum Department); the Foreign Office; the Minister of State, Cairo [Minister of State Resident in the Middle East]; and HM Minister, Tehran.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (113 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 115, 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3939
- Title
- Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:29v, 32r:114v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence