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Coll 30/210(2) 'Bahrein Oil: Employment of U.S.Provost Personnel for Control of American labour.' [313r] (633/1013)
The record is made up of 1 file (502 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1944-18 Jan 1946. 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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of de ,or ‘ ta<tion such time as the Resident had himself had
an opportunity of examining the proceedings and confirming the
cyder. I said that should the American authorities make a speci
fic request for the deportation of certain countrymen of their
own from Bahrain and be prepared to put forward a sworn testimony
which would fulfil the provisions of Section 21 of the Bahrain
Order-in-Council, I felt it most probable that the Political
Resident would be prepared to restore in part at least the Politica
Agent’s powers and authorise him to deport, without prior reference
t 0 Bushire, American Subjects whose presence in the Islands was no
longer considered desirable by the American Military Authorities*
V
I advised Major G.R.Bartels to represent the matter to his own v
Authorities and said that should he desire me to take action im
mediately with regard to t he sixteen individuals he had mentioned
then I was prepared to communicate with the Resident by telegram
pending a more formal settlement of the question.
3* I explained to Major G.R. Bartels that the special privi
leges to which American citizens would be entitled, as far as the
Sessions Court was concerned, was contained in paragraph 2 o?r
Section 284-A of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code which granted
certain special considerations with regard to the nationality of
assessors. I further informed him of the prodedure by which a
case could be tried by jury in Bahrain and explained that it would
require border from the Chief Court, and that the same privilege
with regard to assessors could be exercised with regard to a jury
under paragraph 2 of Section 275 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
4. With regard to cases dealt with in a Magistrate's Court,
which were in themselves not sufficiently serious to warrant trial
in the Court of Sessions I explained that as far as the procedure
of the Court was concerned there was no fundamental difference
between British Subjects, Europeans, and Americans, and as far as
Bahrain wav concerned it has been the practice of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Courts
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to ensure that Europeans and Americans were invtu iably tried by a
Magistrate of the same colour. With regard to cases in which one
of the parties was a local subject and the other party or parties
/was
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The file concerns the secondment of eight serving British police officers (one inspector, one sergeant, and six constables) to serve with the Bahrain State Police. The issue arose in 1944 following incidents at Bahrain involving United States (US) citizens employed in refinery construction (particularly those employed by the Bechtel-McCone-Parsons Corporation) and US merchant seamen. It was considered that the local Arab police were unable to deal with the situation unaided. Various proposals were discussed, including the use of US Provost personnel, and the supply of British military police. In view of the fact that the British Government exercised limited jurisdiction in Bahrain (particularly control over foreigners), the decision was taken to recruit British policemen.
The papers include: Bahrain State Police conditions of service (folios 484-502); miscellaneous papers concerned with the individuals recruited (folios 412-483); discussion of the possible use of US Provost personnel, March-September 1944 (including correspondence from 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 Foreign Office, the War Office, and 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. ); discussion of the possible use of British military police and National Fire Service personnel, August-October 1944; papers concerning the recruitment of British police officers from the United Kingdom (including correspondence from the Home Office, and the various constabularies involved); their terms and conditions; lists of applicants and interview papers; papers concerning the British policemen's uniform, pay, and passage to Bahrain; and papers concerning conditions in Bahrain, and the resignation of Inspector Charles H Crowe, October-December 1945.
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 (502 folios)
- Arrangement
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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 503; 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. Foliation anomaly: 1b.
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- Title
- Coll 30/210(2) 'Bahrein Oil: Employment of U.S.Provost Personnel for Control of American labour.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:6v, 9r:11v, 15r:18v, 20v:31v, 33r:38v, 41r:73v, 77r:101v, 103r:119v, 120v:121v, 123r:127v, 128v:146v, 150r:171v, 171ar:171av, 172r:189v, 189ar:189av, 190r:221v, 241r:253v, 256r:261v, 266r:281v, 281ar:281av, 282r:354v, 355v, 356v, 357v:358r, 359r:484v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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