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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [243r] (489/586)
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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To
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.
, Bashi r> e
No. sry
Dated 27th December 1943.
My telegram flc.875 December 24th.
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Strikers were unwilling to meet Adviser and myself
on the 24th. on the 25th his hlrjhno^s issued a proclamation
calling on then to return to v, ork and promising an investi
gation. The proclam-it"ion has had no effect todate and some
400 men are still absent from the refinery although there
are sljns that the lower paid labour is returning.
3. Today December 27th the Sitrah launch nnd port duty
men struck, abt^ut 40 persons are involved. N.C.I. is
aiding the Company and ships continue to be discharged.
4. Refinery can continue to work for some considerable
time if no more personnel leave.
5. shaikh is anxious to make known increase in wages and
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thus induce men to return to work. 1 am opposed/to this
policy. Adviser informs me that 3h~ikh is not anxious to
take drastic action against the strikers.
6. i am seeinj Chief Local "Representative and klviser
tomorrow morning and if situation has not imnroved i will
advise Shaikh personally to permit Company to enlist non-
Bahrain! labour, as 1 gather he is prepared to do, and to
threaten to and if necess'ry to curtail strikers' rations.
7. Indications point to clever leadership and we are doing
our i^ornost to discover promoters of the Strixe.
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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