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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

101. IOR/L/PS/12/2047

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2047
Title:
Coll 5/84(2) ‘Chicago Agreement: Position of Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms with regard to post war Civil Aviation; International Civil Aviation Organisation Meeting in Cairo 1946. Tandy's Deputation.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the position of the Gulf States – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Bahrain, Dubai, Kalba, Kuwait, Ra's al-Khaymah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaywayn – under the Convention on International Civil Aviation (1946), also known as the Chicago Convention. Much of the correspondence is c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1945-20 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (431 folios)

102. IOR/L/PS/12/2048

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2048
Title:
Coll 5/84(3) ‘Persian Gulf-Sheikdoms: Anglo-French Air Transit Agreement (Reciprocal Military Air Transit-Rights)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to an Air Transit Agreement being negotiated between the United Kingdom (UK) and France to enable scheduled military aircraft to fly over, and land at airfields within, each other's territories. A number of drafts of this agreement can be found throughout the fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Jul 1946-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (265 folios)

103. IOR/L/PS/12/2049

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2049
Title:
Coll 5/84(4) ‘Middle East Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of Ministry of Civil Aviation Middle East Intelligence Summaries – Numbers 1 to 8 – which have been supplied to the India Office. The summaries cover independent countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia), sovereignties previously u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1946-6 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

104. IOR/L/PS/12/2050

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2050
Title:
Coll 5/84(4A) ‘Eastern Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of Ministry of Civil Aviation Eastern Intelligence Summaries – Numbers 1 to 2 – which have been supplied to the India Office. The summaries cover independent countries (China including Manchuria, Thailand, and the Philippine Commonwealth), countries under the influence o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1947-16 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

105. IOR/L/PS/12/2051

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2051
Title:
Coll 5/84(5) ‘FLIGHTS BY FRENCH MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER India & BURMA EN ROUTE for SAIGON’
Scope & Content:
The file predominantly consists of telegrams and cypher messages regarding the transit of French military aircraft across India and Burma while en-route to Indochina. The messages contain requests for clearance, details of the planes in transit, their flight schedules, and any restrictions impos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1947-31 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

106. IOR/L/PS/12/2052

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2052
Title:
Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for the construction of an airfield – suitable for very heavy bombers – at Dhahran by the United States Army Air Transport Command as a wartime necessity, and applications from the United States to the United Kingdom for the latters support in obtaining permi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1944-14 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (259 folios)

107. IOR/L/PS/12/2053

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2053
Title:
Coll 5/86 ‘Afghanistan: Reorganisation of Air Force’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a report produced by Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster, Military Attaché at Kabul, on the current state of the Afghan Air Force and proposals for its reorganisation and improvement: see folios 31-52 for a copy of this report. The report includes a sketch map (folio 4...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1945-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

108. 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)

109. IOR/L/PS/12/2055

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2055
Title:
Coll 5/88 ‘Persian Gulf Air Services: "Air India" Service and "Iraqi Airways" Service to Koweit’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to requests from Iraqi Airways and Air India Limited to operate services calling at Bahrain, Koweit [Kuwait], and Sharjah. The papers therefore address the question of the facilities that can be provided for civil aviation at these landing grounds. Particular att...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1947-2 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

110. IOR/L/PS/12/2056

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2056
Title:
Coll 5/89 ‘BILATERAL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN G. of I AND U.K.’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of papers related to a proposed bilateral air transport agreement between India and the United Kingdom (UK). A copy of the Government of India's (G of I) proposed draft can be found on folios 21-26. Towards the front of the file are a small number of telegrams, most of which a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1948-15 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)