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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [206r] (415/586)
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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v^ork. It jmi also Shaikh Ali's opinion that the'Alan to bo issued
by "is Highness would have little effect.
7. Xt was my opinion that the representative who had •pp0 «r€<t in
the nornin^ had very probably consulted only three or four of the
strkers who were influencing the* fmen and uhat the majority of -he
men were unaware of our undertaking to investigate their complaints
I also pointed out to the Adviser that whereas we both had machinery
under which we could take action against persons inci^in^ labour to
quit work with Bahrain Petroleum Company and whereas I had m. chi-
nery to force British Subjects and British Protected Persons to
remain at work in the said Company, the Bahrain vjovernment had no
such machinery but that His Highness' 'Alan would provide them with
a legal remedy should it become necessary later to take executive
action against the strkers.
1 asked the Adviser if he would do his utmost to liscover
who was behind the present riovement and in particular whether there
was any truth in the rumour that some of the instigators were from
outside the Company. Should our present action fail to solve the
problem and brin» a sufficiency of men back to work it would be
necessary to take executive action against persons instigating the
men to remain away from work and at the same time allow the Company
to make public the increases in War Allowance and the Benefit Plans
which their Directors had approved. It was probable that the
Company would not permit men still away from work when the Benefit
Plan was made known to count the broken period of services as con
tinuous service as they were at present willing to do for every
body v^ho returns before they issued their announcement.
It should be made clear that action against those instiga
ting the present strike would be deciced upon as soon as the
Adviser has been able to complete his enouiries, but our main
object at that^ moment was to ^et the men back to work with
out promises other than that already given, that ve would in
vestigate their complaints, and vithout bringing the Refinery work
to a standstill.
(f % it is most unfortunate that the men have taken the action
on their own at the present time as I feel sure that the increases
/which
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (293 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/408
- Title
- 'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 3r:10v, 14r:15v, 17r:19v, 20v, 22r:23v, 35r:46v, 48r:50v, 52r:53v, 57r:58v, 59v:60v, 61v:67v, 69r:69v, 82r:91v, 92v:94v, 100r:101v, 103r:107v, 109r:114v, 120r:124v, 125v:131v, 136r:138v, 144r:155v, 162r:163v, 169r:172v, 174r:174v, 179r:184v, 185v, 189r:189v, 195v:199v, 200v:211v, 213v:226v, 227v:228v, 234r:243v, 252r:252v, 253v:255v, 256v:262v, 263v, 265r:265v, 266v, 267v:290v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence