Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎214r] (427/1148)

naturally caused great discontent amongst the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. staff.
who had received no war allowance of any kind whatsoever. a
high proportion of the tenporary men resigned and several per
manent hands preferred to give up many years pensionable service
rather than continue to serve under such arduous conditions*
Nor was morale helped by the death in tragic and distressing
circumstances of three of the senior and more experienced
members of the staff* The position improved in May when the
Government of India eventually granted dearness allowance which
to some extent compensated for the altered conditions* No
allowances however were granted to any of the officers of the
Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. *
and shortage of staff during the first three months of 1943 the
Confidential office received three afternoons* holiday, work
otherwise proceeding continuously throughout that period* A
further feature which had showed itself earlier in the war now
began to exercise an increasingly adverse effect. For many years
no attempt had been made to train up officers for the Gulf service!
and though a handful had acquired experience and languages of
their own volition, they were in no way adequate for this highly
technical and responsible task*
post of Assistant Engineer which had been recommended in 1942*
The Public Works Department naturally devolved into a state of
chaos, and no works were undertaken, with the result that the
buildings suffered greatly and all the grants for 1943 lapsed*
On return to the Gulf I immediately brought all possible pressure
to bear upon the Government of India for the restoration of the
post, but no officer could be found to undertake it throughout
this year, so that when overdue works were finally put in hand
they cost many times what they would have done if they had been
executed at the proper time • A case in point is the Bushire
aerodrome which was originally programmed for 1942» but owing
It is interesting to recall that owing to press of worl
The utmost confusion was caused by the reduction of the
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