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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Airlines 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/12/1954

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1954
Title:
Coll 5/9 ‘Air Route to India, Persia: Abandonment of South Persian Route — Negotiations with Persian Government’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the efforts of the British Government to negotiate a renewal of Imperial Airways' concession to operate its United Kingdom (UK) to India international service over Southern Persia; the concession being due to expire in 1932. The file also covers the s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1931-7 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1955
Title:
Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, and minutes related to a proposal to relocate the Persian Gulf Air Route (linking Europe and India) from Southern Persia to the Arabian Coast. The proposal is related to difficulties between the British and Persian governments over securing an exten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1931-25 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 volume (393 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1964
Title:
Coll 5/18 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Use of landing grounds by foreign aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, and related India Office notes, regarding the Arabian Coast air route linking Europe and Asia. In particular, it is concerned with Britain's policy over restricting access to this route to non-British aircraft. It contains applications from the Governments of Fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Aug 1932-20 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (544 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2004

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2004
Title:
Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for Lufthansa to operate an air service linking Germany with China via Egypt, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan (Kabul). The file contains correspondence, extracts from intelligence summaries, memoranda, and notes documenting the efforts of British officials to o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (619 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2005

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2005
Title:
Coll 5/52(2) ‘German Air Service to the Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and extracts from intelligence summaries on the following three related topics: an application by the Reich Air Minister for a permit for Lufthansa to operate a service over India and Burma updates on the Lufthansa air service between Berlin and Kabul the progres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1938-11 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2016

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2016
Title:
Coll 5/56 ‘Air Services in the Eastern Mediterranean’
Scope & Content:
The file predominantly consists of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Egypt (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson) and the Foreign Office, with significant input from the Air Ministry. The subject matter is Britain's policy towards the development of civil aviation in Egypt; British policy being to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1937-20 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2019

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2019
Title:
Coll 5/59 ‘NWF: Lost German aeroplane. Grant of permission for German search expedition to fly over prohibited areas of NWF’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to assistance rendered to Lufthansa to facilitate the search for a plane which went missing around 30 August 1937 during a flight from Kansu to Kabul; Lufthansa had been undertaking experimental flights to establish a service between Germany and the Far E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1937-6 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2022

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022
Title:
Coll 5/61 ‘Far East: Proposed extension to Burma-Yunnan frontier of Imperial Airways to link up with Eurasia Corporation’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a proposal to link Imperial Airways Services and those of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation and/or China National Airways at the Burma-Chinese frontier, in consideration of establishing a more direct link to Hong Kong. The file therefore contains occasional references t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-20 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (363 folios)

10. 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)