IOR/L/PS/12/383

The file mainly consists of copies of the Roster of Employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (also spelled Bahrein Petroleum Company in the file) (sent to the India Office by the Political Agent, Bahrain), as of 30 September 1939, 31 December 1939, 31 March 1940, 30 June 1940, 30 September 1940, and 31 December 1940, including statements showing the number of the various nationalities employed by the Company.

The rosters list the surnames and initials of each employee, and include details such as their designations (roles), the departments they worked in, their nationalities, and whether they were temporary or permanent staff. The rosters are divided into different categories of employees, including: Artizans [Artisans] and Domestic Employees; General, Skilled and Unskilled; U.S. Citizens; and U.K. British Subjects.

The file also includes correspondence, of November to December 1940, between the India Office and the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited and other correspondents, in response to an enquiry from A V Coulter, on behalf of Mrs Mary Patterson, of Carsontown, Saintfield, Northern Ireland, to the Minister of Information, Stormont, Belfast, regarding the whereabouts of an employee of the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited, Mr J P Hannaford.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.