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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [208r] (419/586)
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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r^inu'^es of n meeting botwcen ITr, Belr.^n^/g, Mr. AnJerson
(accompanied by Boekhuis) nnd nyself on the 28th of
December 1943, at 11 a.m.
Mr. Anderson st-tod th-1 certain of .his transport drivers
had now gone on strike in sympathy with the strikers who had
already come out. No appreciable number of labourers had
returned to work since he last saw me and that he felt that
he would like to make public the Benefit Plan and the Increases
in "far "\llowance. '/e discussed the question at some length and
it was decided that subject to any alterations which might be
necessary after I had seen His Highness in the afternoon the
notification should be issued making public the V/ar Allowance
Increases &c». and to it should be appended a further notice
by the General Manager of the Company on lines mutually agreed
upon by us. A cony of this Notice*is attached to this note.
2. I said that I considered that I should have to reo^esent
to His Highness the necessity for his taking strong action to
induce employees to return should they still remain absent from
work after the publication of the Benefit Plan, V/r.r Allowance
Increases, oc. I informed Mr. Anderson and the Adviser that I
propose to deal with this aspect of the case when I saw His
Highness in the aiternoon and asked the Adviser to be present
during my interview vith His Highness.
3. Mr. Anderson said that he would like to make it quite clear
that he felt the Company was gravely at fault for not having
brought the Benefit Plan, Increases in War Allowance, Ac., into
effect well before the strike occurred. If however the employees
ol the Company still persisted in their recalcitrant attitude
after the notifications had been issued then it was a different
matter and the blame,if so it can be called, would be on the
employees and nou on the Management. Mr. Anderson also added
that he was gravely concerned at the way the s^ike was takhg
place as he felt that it was engineered by persons of some edu
cation but he was absolutely at a loss to say who was at the
back of it.
(Ici) T.H.
28-12-43,
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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