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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Place India, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2024

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2024
Title:
Coll 5/62 ‘India-Kabul Route: Question of establishment of an air service between India and Kabul’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to a number of unsuccessful attempts to establish civil aviation services between Afghanistan and India. The file includes related policy discussion over the use of Lend-Lease aircraft supplied by the United States, as a result of wartime proposals. It also inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1938-1 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)