14 JAN 1954 For records of minor Communists both India and Pakistan appear to rely on the local police. 3. It would seem that the check required is a routine police check - not a political" check; and we think that direct liaison between Caltex (agents of the Bahrain Petroleum Company) and the local police forces of India and Pakistan should meet the initial requirements. The real and continuing responsibility for this Indian and Pakistan labour in Bahrain must, we feel, rest on the shoulders of the Bahrain Petroleum Company itself. Although this Company is registered in Canada, it is an American concern in everything but the technicality of registration, which we understand was made in Canada simply to get round the Sheik of Bahrain's Treaty obligations to the United Kingdom Government. Moreover, in the case of Pakistan, we are told that the (British) Anglo Iranian Oil Company work closely with the Pakistan police, from whom they themselves get reports on the antecedents of the people they recruit; and it seems a reasonable assumption that Caltex do the same. If this is the case, U.K. intervention with the Pakistan authorities would not be likely to produce any more efficient vetting than exists already. Yours sincerely,
