'File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast' [‎77r] (153/585)

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BR1TC-NSUI. BUSHIEE
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>ated cL^di, Jxm® 1943*
Jubijectt~ Kxport from Indlm of m»tor vehicle*
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ieferenco your telegram He*284 dated the 6th April
1943 asking far a revised estimate in accordance #ith the terms
©f external Affairs jopert ient d^sai-official letter K©•1937-N/43
dated the 26th March 1943.
2* In regard t© ramgraph 2 ©f the external Affairs
P©nartment , s letter, Bahrain’s ninimm requirenents ©f cars
from India in 1943 are as follows*- v 6
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(i) T^o cars for His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain
already sanctioned, vide External Affairs >epart*&ent ? s
Express Letter He. 3093-H/43, dated 29th April 1943*
(ii) One car for Mr. O.^.R. Smith, the newly arrived
Director ©f Customs, tfhose duties as Food Controller
necessitate his touring all vor Baiiro in.
(iii) One three-ton lorry f< r the Bahrain Public orks
Apartment, whose motor transpoj*t is engaged, aiki Isas
been engaged durin^i the last year, almost exclusively
on ti^o execution of work.« for the Navy, Army and
Air Force.
(iv) One pick-«|) for general administrative duties
undertaken by the Bahrain Government, in particular
for the distribution of food supplies and for medical
jerk, e.g* the conveyance of staff to distant pa**ts
of tlve island# for anti-malarial measures. The pick-u
previously used for this pur ose is now worn out*
(v) One three-ton lorry for general use by the Id&nana
Municipality.
(vi) Four lorries and six buses for conveying labour era
frm the towns of Mamma and Muharraq and outlying
districts t© the Bahrain Petroleum Company* premises
and back. (The number of labourer® employed by the
Bahrain Petroleum Company on 31st Parch 1943'was
2006 and will rise to over 4000 within the next few
months)• Transport i s not provided by the Company
for this purpose, am efforts to establish a labour
c&mp at A wall have so far not been successful.