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‘File 28/1 K I Defence of oil field and refinery’ [242r] (483/684)
The record is made up of 1 file (340 folios). It was created in 5 Dec 1939-3 May 1942. It was written in English. 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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I’HE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 1, 1942
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(b) if a competent medical authority certifies that medical treat
ment or an operation will cure the disablement caused by the
qualifying injury, no disability pension shall be awarded; and
(c) if a competent medical authority certifies that medical treat
ment or an operation will reduce the disablement to a lower
percentage, a disability pension appropriate to that lower
percentage only shall be awarded.
39. (1) Any person in receipt of a temporary allowance or disability Obligation
pension shall, if required by the Claims Officer by notice in writing so medici!?* 410
to do, submit himself for medical examination by the competent medical examination,
authority:
Provided that a person shall not be required so to present himself—
(a) if in receipt of a temporary allowance, at intervals of less than
two months, or
(b) if in receipt of a disability pension which has not been awarded
for life, at intervals of less than six months, or
(c) if in receipt of a disability pension which has been awarded for
life, at intervals of less than two years.
(2) Where any person refuses or, without reasonable cause,
fails to submit himself for medical examination when required so to do
under sub-clause (1), the Claims Officer may cancel with effect from the
date of such refusal or failure, the award of allowance or pension made
to that person.
(3) Where the award has been cancelled under sub-clause (2), the
Claims Officer may refuse to entertain any subsequent application for an
allowance or pension under the scheme in respect of the injury for which
the cancelled award was made.
40. If the person to whom a pension or allowance under this Scheme Where payee
Has been awarded has not attained the age of eighteen vears or if he is ls . ,n capable
in the opinion of the Claims Officer, mentally infirm so a^ to be incapabD --T**
of managing his own affairs, or if in any other case the Claims Officer affa,r8 -
considers it in the interest of that person, the Claims Officer, mav either
ot his own motion or on application made to him, pay the pension or
tnnr^vf f ai ll othe r person whom the Claims Officer 'thinks best fitted
rnade or mf the 1 we , 1 / are of the P er ^n to whom the award has been
made, or may apply the amount in any other manner for his benefit.
41. Where a person to whom a pension or allowance under this Scheme Cancellation
might be or has been awarded is convicted by a Court of an offence and Action for
sentenced to a term of imprisonment or detention in a Borstal school, the an ° ff ence.
Claims Officer may withhold or cancel the award.
,, . 42 * Tbe Claims Officer may at any time review any award made under claims officer*,
this Scheme and if it appears to him by reason of a mistake of fact or a 10 ,
change in the condition or circumstances of the person to whom the alter awards
award has made or for any other reason whatsoever it is expedient so to
do, he may increase or reduce the rate of any pension or allowance
awarded or cancel the award or make a fresh award *
Provided that no pension or allowance shall be increased beyond the
limits specified in, or for the purposes of, this Scheme.
wifWhf 11 ma i ter f S fa " ing be J dec! , <ie<1 ™ der ‘his Scheme in connection Beciaon,
with the award of payments under the Scheme shall, where other specific ^ th,B
provision >s not made in this Scheme, be decided by the Claims Officer
but in all matters relating to the extent or effect of injuries, the existence
Car/ e ^ tenC Y T ar j ,C,ty for work ' and of disablement, the
Claims Officei shall decide in accordance with the opinion of, or a certi-
ficate given by, a competent medical authority.
oflJ:!; ^ he ?. ent u 1 G : 0 / ernment may at an y time by notification in the Power „i
this SclSma 6 a r ^ 6 ° f P ayments which ma y be awarded under
bins ocneme. to vary rateB<
45. Exceptional cases of hardship not covered by the provisions of this Exceptional
Scheme may be submitted by the Claims Officer to the Central Govern- Srfshi'p
ment which may make such orders as it thinks fit.
^ 46. The Central Government or any officer authorised by the Central Payment for
Government may in accordance with any regulations made in this behalf, 3S and
make payments for medical and surgical treatment provided for persons treatment -
who have sustained qualifying injuries.
47. The Central Government may make regulations for giving effect P° wer
to the purposes of this Scheme. 6 Government i
make regula
tions.
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The file comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the military defence of Bahrain’s oil refineries and oil fields during the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: 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 (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban); the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (John S Black; Roger Anthony Kennedy; Milton H Lipp; Ward P Anderson).
The file includes:
- a copy of ‘General Instructions for the Defence Organisation of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’, dated December 1939 (ff 9-52), with sections focusing on: 1) the internal and external areas of the refinery; 2) the personnel camps at Awali and Zellaq; 3) fields and wells; information on inventories of equipment, and specific instructions for patrols and guards;
- correspondence from BAPCO representatives to 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. relating to: the perceived threat to Bahrain and to Company property, and defensive measures to be taken; assessments of the threat of internal sabotage, local uprisings, bombardment from sea or air (ff 68-71); questions of responsibility for and efficacy of defensive measures being taken in Bahrain; questions of the legal aspects (liability, compensation, War Risk Insurance) of damage to Company property from enemy attack, and volunteers who become casualties while defending Company property, including printed copies of the Gazetteer of India War Injuries Ordinance , No. VII of 1941 (ff 235-237) and the War Injuries (Amendment) Ordinance , No. I of 1942 (ff 238-249);
- correspondence exchanged, and the notes and minutes of meetings held between senior Government officials (including 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. , Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Air Vice Marshal at Air Headquarters in Iraq) on the provision of resources for the defence of Bahrain, including discussion of the availability and use of manpower supplied by BAPCO;
- a number of monthly progress reports in 1941 on the Bahrain defence scheme, prepared by the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 143-144, ff 146-147, ff 162-164, ff 177-179), referring to: defence force recruitment; the volunteer defence force; general morale and attitude of recruits; equipment supplies; anti-aircraft defence measures;
- in 1941, plans for the control of telephone exchanges and lines during emergencies, with lists of telephone links to be maintained during an emergency (ff 182-183);
- plans and proposals for the protection of BAPCO property in the event of enemy action, including: in 1942, BAPCO proposals for the protection of the oil field in case it falls into enemy hands, by the sealing of wells with concrete (ff 270-294); a military report on Passive Air Defence (PAD) at the BAPCO refinery, dated 28 April 1942, focussing chiefly on plans to construct protective sheathing around the refinery tanks (ff 304-323).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (340 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 326-341) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 342; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-341; these numbers are also written in pencil, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/661
- Title
- ‘File 28/1 K I Defence of oil field and refinery’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 52v:56v, 59r:67v, 72r:87v, 91r:91v, 93r:98v, 100r:115v, 117r:127v, 129r:150v, 152r:153v, 157r:175v, 177r:184v, 187r:187v, 189r:190v, 193r:193v, 195r:200v, 204r:207v, 209r:211v, 213r:217v, 220r:220v, 222r:270v, 272r:276v, 279r:298v, 301r:309v, 311r:341v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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