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Coll 30/197 ‘Persian Gulf. Special War Measures – Allocation of war-time expenditure. Appt. of Political Officer on Trucial Coast & addtl staff in the Gulf. Inc. Censorship (staff) Arrangements’ [‎19r] (37/306)

The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1938-21 Mar 1949. 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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from duty for several days at a time. These
frequent reductions in staff not only upset the
routine of the office but place a very considerable
extra strain on those clerks who are fit enough to
attend* Urgent cypher and code telegrams have to
be dealt with by whatever hands are available even
though they may already have completed an eight
^vhour day in the notoriously unhealthy and
exhausting climate of the Gulf* The staff is insuf
ficient to allow for several clerks to be reserved
for night duty alone so all are liable to be summoned
out of office hours both during the day and night
whenever there is an urgent rush of work* It maic
be noted that no member of t he adtaaf > jbcj& staff receives
any additional remuneration for this overtime work.
4. At tue beginning of the war I had four experienc
ed confidential office clerks all of whom were selectm
-ed man* Not one of these four clerks, who should
now form the backbone of the office, is available*
My confidential stenographer with 13 years service
died suddenly* two other clerks with an average of
nine years service have resigned during the last
few months rather than risk undermirfing their
health further by working in this office* The
fourth clerk with eight years service has just been
sent on leave on medical certificate for six months
for the second time in less than a year and it is
doubtful if he will ever recover sufficiently to
return. The selor man in the office is now a
clerk who arrived in the Gulf less than three years
ago* With this exception all the other <k clerks
are temporary men with less than a yea^s service
in the*yulf. All these clerks are painfully acquir
ing a knowledge of the Middle East and are also in
the process of being taught office routine, cypher
work and typing* Previously only a trained typist
with good educational qualifications was accepted for
employment on confidential work. Now I have to
employ.••••••

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The file contains papers relating to special measures, mainly consisting of the recruitment of extra staff, taken by British authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in the event of war and during the Second World War. These special measures included the appointment of a Political Officer for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and an increase in the staff of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the expenditure involved being divisible between the Indian and Imperial Revenues.

The file also includes correspondence dated from after the end of the Second World War, regarding: the request of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , be raised to that 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. , Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; and the retention of the services of officers and staff currently in post.

Papers in the folder labelled ‘Censorship Arrangements’ relate to: emergency legislation in the event of war giving the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Political Agents at Bahrain and Muscat powers of censorship of post and telegrams, in the territories of the Shaikh of Bahrain and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; and the employment of one additional clerk each at Kuwait, Bahrain, and Muscat, for censorship work in the event of war.

The papers mostly consist of correspondence, but the file also includes 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. External Department minute papers, 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. internal notes, and the following pamphlets: ‘Statements Comparing the Expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Iran in the year 1939-40 with that in the previous year’; and ‘Statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. during the year 1939-40’.

The correspondents are as follows: the 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. ; the Government of India External Affairs Department; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 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 Treasury.

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 (151 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file, except the papers inside a separate folder labelled ‘Censorship Arrangements’ at the rear of the file, which are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the folder.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 153; 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.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 30/197 ‘Persian Gulf. Special War Measures – Allocation of war-time expenditure. Appt. of Political Officer on Trucial Coast & addtl staff in the Gulf. Inc. Censorship (staff) Arrangements’ [‎19r] (37/306), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3938, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069943688.0x000028> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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