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1. IOR/L/PS/12/925

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/925
Title:
Ext 2703/44 Misr Air Corporation:- Notes of an interview with a Director (Mr Muntz) at Bahrain Agency
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes regarding an interview conducted at the British Residency with Mr Muntz (a Director of Air Works Limited, Indian National Airways Limited, and Messrs Misr Air Corporation), sent by the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the British Resident and Consulate General, Bushire. The p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1944-1 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1303
Title:
Ext 609/48 'Monthly newsletters of Middle East civil air attaché (December 1947, January 1948)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains the monthly newsletter of the Commonwealth Air Transport Council's 'civil aviation in the Middle East' issued from the British Embassy in Cairo for the year 1948. The newsletter lists the Middle East's various locations serviced by air transport links. The majority of the newsl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1948-15 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2039

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2039
Title:
Coll 5/77 ‘Muscat: including activities of U.S. Air Force and Pan-American Airways in the Middle East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the operations of Pan American Airlines in the Middle East; British officials were concerned that the airline was using the war as a pretext for commercial penetration of British controlled territories. The file therefore covers the militarisation of Pan American Airli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1941-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2043
Title:
Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the provision of facilities for the United States Air Transport Command at both Bahrain and Sharjah. This includes policy and strategy discussions over how best to maintain British control of the Arabian Coast Air Route; British planners feared that the United...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1943-9 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (144 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2054

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2054
Title:
Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to negotiations for air transit rights for United States military aircraft through India and Burma. The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) had enjoyed transit rights for its aircraft for the duration of the Second World War (1939-1945), and desired to continue ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1946-26 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (303 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/273
Title:
File 6/1 I Aviation Imperial Airways
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the management of Imperial Airways, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the Political Resident at Bushire that discusses the possibility of a passenger service to and from Kuwait on Imperial Airways. Considerations of postal deliveries and pickups, possibl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1932-18 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/274
Title:
File 6/1 II Aviation - Imperial Airways
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the Imperial Airways air route through the Persian Gulf. Most of the papers relate to discussions on constructing an aerodrome in Kuwait to provide shelter for planes during storms. Other papers discuss the provision of shelter and safe storage for car...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1934-7 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/275
Title:
File 6/2 I Foreign Aircraft (K.L.M. Line)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the passage of foreign aircraft through the Persian Gulf's various principalities. Most of the papers relate to Italian, Dutch or French passenger aircraft en route to South and East Asia, as well as new routes by Iraqi and Syrian Airways within the Mid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1932-11 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (192 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/276
Title:
File 6/2 II Aviation - Foreign Aircraft. (Iraqi Airways, Iranian Airways, etc. Including recommendation for I.A.T.A. approval)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and various agents for regional and international airlines pertaining to permission to establish routes to Kuwait. Papers towards the end of the file include correspondence with the UK Civil Aviation authorities and British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1949-16 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/281
Title:
File 6/7 II Kuwait landing ground
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Kuwait, various contractors, and companies, and the ruler of Kuwait regarding the construction of a landing ground in Kuwait. Various ancillary papers discuss the construction of an aerodrome, and the use of landing facilities by Ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1939-24 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (217 folios)