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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Place Iran, Asia Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1953

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1953
Title:
Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and related papers concerning the development of civil aviation in Persia (referred to as Iran from 1935), its primary focus being the activities of the German company Junkers. The file covers negotiations surrounding the grant of a five year concession to Junker...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jul 1924-21 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2033

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2033
Title:
Coll 5/72 ‘Persia: Supply of American aircraft to –’
Scope & Content:
The file is largely concerned with the shipment of ten P-40 Tomahawk fighter planes from the United States to Iran by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The papers within outline a policy debate as to whether the aircraft in question should be diverted for British use and whether a request should b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1941-25 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2037

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2037
Title:
Coll 5/75 ‘Persia: RAF flights over Persian Territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between ministries of the British Government as a result of a request for confirmation – from the Government of India – that Royal Air Force (RAF) planes may fly over Iran for photographic reconnaissance without prior reference to the Iranian Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1941-11 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2038

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038
Title:
Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for the development of civil aviation services connecting Iran (frequently referred to as Persia) with Iraq and India. It therefore includes correspondence related to proposed aerial surveys of possible routes. The question of whether three airfields at Zahid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1941-27 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)