‘Foreign Office circulars. Particulars regarding temporary officers’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Foreign Office circulars. Particulars regarding temporary officers’
- Creator:
- Author: Foreign Office
- Date:
- 1946/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: 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).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 136; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: f 52a, f 52b.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Circulars
Recruitment
Foreign offices - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00022d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00022d_en
IOR/R/15/2/1822
IOR/R/15/2/1822