‘File C 14/11 ISRAEL KADOO (PERSONAL FILE)’ [‎14r] (27/32)

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THT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , ^
, KUWAIT,
S^pterber, 1949.
D«*r Eit«bll#h«ent A: Orfanisetlcn Department,
As you are aware we have two locally engaged Arab
staff here, Mr. Israel Kaddo, the Interpreter and Sir. Abdul
MohsIn, the passport clerk.
2. When the Foreign Office took over this post mi the
1st April, 194& the new terma and conditions of service for
such staff were not known and It was not until October, 194S
that Mr. Kaddo and Mr. Mohair saw the new Foreign Office con*
ditiona. They stated on the 3rd October, 1946 that they were
prepared to accept the condition but wished the 60 days leave
that they had accumulated during the two yetra of Government
of India service prior to their absorption by the Foreign
Office to be allowed to them or, failing that, for payment
to be made in lieu.
We consulted the Hesidency at Bahrain idio agreed
that they were both entitled to the 60 days accumulated
leave but 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. pointed out that a grant of pay in
leiu of leave was not permissible.
4. Ho forrtal contract was entered into and no letters
were exchanged with either Mr. Kaddo or Mr. Mohsin in respect
of tbelr employment with the Foreign Of flee 5 and it is
difficult to know exactly from what date they came under 4 he
Foreign Office conditions. W# consider that as they signified
their agreement to the new conditions in October, 1948 they
should be regarded as subject to such conditions as from the
1st of that month and that for the period from the 1st April,
1948 to 30th September, 1948 they should be regarded as
being subject to the conditions applying to their temporary
service with the Government of India. This is similar to the
position of the Indian staff here who, until the new Foreign
Office contracts were given them on the 1st June, 1948 were
subject to Govermrent of India conditions although raid by
the Foreign Office.
6 . We are anxious to regularise their position and we
should be glad if you could accept liability for the 60 days
accumulated leave based on the mean of their salaries for
the two years Immediately prior to the 1st October, 1948.
6 . It would appear that of this 60 days leave three
quarters (i.e. from 1st October, 1946 to 31st March, 1948)
is chargeable to tha Government of India and one quarter
(from 1 st April to 30th September, 1948) is chargeable to
the Foreign Office. You will pernaps approach the Government
of India regarding this liability.
7. Mr. Kaddo and Mr. Mohaln are aware that it is consi
dered ths?t they are entitled to this leave and had it been
possible to allow them the leave previously the matter would
have been raised earlier, but our eomrlete inability to find
temporary replacements, a necessity in this post in the case
of long periods of leave, prevented this.
The Establishment d Organisation Department,
Foreign Office,
LONDON.