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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [‎42r] (87/586)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (293 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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No.411-2/31. BRITISH VICE-OOWSUIATEV
KhOKRAMSHAilK, I KAN .
May 30 th l»3i?.
Sir,
I have the honour to report that the bondon
Office of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company have instructed
the Company in Abadan to get rid immediately of all
Germans at present working for them.
This affects only
five persons :-
1.
Joseph Wagner.
2.
Dr. Doerfert.
3.
John Jussi.
4.
Marcus Dyken.
6.
Ernst Vvilhelm.
Of these, No.l is
leaving in two v/eeks and No.2 at
once. No.3 is an Esthonian; No.4 became a naturalised
American in 1^18 and has served in the U.S. Army and
Navy; No.5 also became a naturalised American in lt>2^.
The Company have asked for further orders regarding
Nos.3, 4 and 5.
Thev have also had a request from one Franz Josef hUSA,
at present working as a ladies' hair-dresser in the Air Port
Hotel, Basra, for permission to come to Abadan pending his
departure to India, for which country he has asked for a
visa from the British Consul in Basra. It is reported
that he is being turned out of Iraq.
A copy of this is being sent to His ivlajesty' s wiinister
at Tehran (No.20).
I have, etc.,
Sd. A. Napier.
H.B.M. Vice-Consul.
His Majesty's Consul for Khuzistan,
Ahwaz.

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The volume mainly contains correspondence between the 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. in Bahrain, 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 Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives and staff of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the conditions and benefits requested by BAPCO employees, and on a special 'War Allowance' agreed by BAPCO to meet the increased cost of living.

The volume includes correspondence on members of the Afghan royal family refuged in India and seeking for employment in Bahrain (folios 43-46); list of food prices 'prewar price' and 'present price' (folio 68); memorandum on 'The strike situation as on 28 December 1943' (folio 209).

There are some letters in Arabic in the volume. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 270-283).

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1 volume (293 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 271-283). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 2, and runs through to 291, ending on the inside of the back cover. There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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