'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [‎132r] (267/586)

To,
The Honourable^ 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. .
Bahre in,
May 25th. 1942
Through ; His Britannic Majesty*s 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.
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Sir,
The Bahrein petroleum Co. Ltd., has forwarded
to us your letter N o .c/625 dated 8th May 1942, together
with Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, promulgated bj'' 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. for which we hereby
beg to tender our thanks to all concerned.
In the outset we cannot but give full credit to
the guidance obtainable from your esteemed letter without
which the true import & importance of the regulation in
question would not have been fully comprehended. And
having so realized to the full extent, the vital importance
of our company's operations to the National interests, we
hereby express our eagerness to stand body and soul, to
the call of our Benign Govt, for the operation and mainten
ance of such essential undertakings and beg to assure you
of our faithful abidance to the Law & Order, at the same
time sanguinely hoping that our interests will also be
justly looked after.
Your goodself must be well aware that today in our
Motherland viz. India itself not to speak of Iraq, Egypt
or elsewhere, there does exist a great demand for well
qualified and well experienced hands, on handsome & of course
very attractive salaries plus manifold other benefits and
facilities mostly offered by the Government itself for
either direct or indirect military service and you would
appreciate that some of us who have either gone back or
were resolving to leave Bahrein with the intention of laying
their services at the disposal of the Home Government at this
time of dire necessity, should be deemed not only right but
wise as well, in so far as they had meant to kill two birds
with one stone.
But as by the enforcement of this Regulation we are
to remain at our posts and not to leave Bahrein, our chances
for distinguishing ourselves in the National service and
rising to a good position at the same time, are evidently
marred. Our only solace and refuge, however, lies in ; -
a) The second sentence of the 3rd paragraph
of your letter
and b) The first four or five lines of the 6th
Paragraph.
We are told that our position will now be the same
as that of persons employed by the Anglo Iranian Oil Company
and that Company being the biggest and oldest oil concern in
the Gulf, having by far the greatest number of Indian Clerks
in its employ, we beg to lay before you the normal and not
war-time facilities granted to their employees which are
denied to us here and request that such conditions may be
made available for us also, as early as possible : -
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