‘File 28/45 Oil field personnel for war purposes’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 28/45 Oil field personnel for war purposes’
- Date:
- 1942/1944
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains copies of correspondence concerning the deployment and retention of oil company personnel for war purposes, and includes:correspondence dated October and November 1942, relating to a request forwarded from H S Bowlby of the Petroleum Department, London, to the Political Agent at Bahrain, for any available drillers employed at either the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) or California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), to replace drillers from the Attock refinery in the Punjab, who have been sent to a military oil reconstruction unit in Burma [Myanmar]. The Chief Local Representative (Ward P Anderson) writes that BAPCO cannot spare any drillers, while the CASOC representative (Charles E Davis) writes that one or two drillers may be spared, though they require a period of rest first (ff 2-8);correspondence dated April and May 1944, relating to a British BAPCO employee requesting transfer to another sphere of oil operations, and deliberation amongst British Government officials over the request, in light of a shortage of experienced engineers. An India Office official writes that the employee should offer his services to a British Company or undertake military service, or that BAPCO might retain the employee until the end of the war (ff 9-16).The date given on f 6 is incorrect, and should (as indicated on f 7) read 6 November 1942, not 6 October 1942.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-16; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Recruitment
Petroleum industry - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000088_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000088_en
IOR/R/15/2/740
IOR/R/15/2/740