IOR/R/15/2/1822

The file comprises copies of circulars and other papers received at the Bahrain Political Agency from the Foreign Office (FO), relating to the administration of the Foreign Service at home and abroad. The file is arranged in three parts:

The first part (ff 2-23) is headed ‘Establishment’ and comprises a report, authored by David Scott and dated 1 July 1946, with some circulars relating to the organisation (and reorganisation) of the Foreign Office in the post-war period. The report contains information on: FO recruitment; training; amalgamation of posts; home allowances; salary scales; promotion. Circulars relate to: training; medical schemes; first aid equipment; clothing coupons; recruitment, including application forms.

The second part (ff 24-123) is headed ‘Circulars’ and comprises circulars received from the FO relating to: stationery supplies, including economy of use of stationery and supply of mourning stationery; supply of reference books, lists and other publications; salary scales; recruitment of typists, shorthand typists and clerical assistants, with application forms and notes; structure diagrams for the FO’s Establishment and Organisation, Finance, Establishment and Finance (Information), and Personnel Departments; Foreign Service post preference cards; forms for reporting on service; lists of FO circulars.

The third part of the file (ff 124-128) contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and the Bahrain Political Agency, dated January 1948, relating to an FO circular requesting details of the particulars of FO temporary officers, and includes the particulars of the Political Agent (Cornelius James Pelly) and the Assistant Political Agent (Joseph Edward Havelock Hudson) (f 126, f 127).