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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Place Egypt, Africa Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1994
Title:
Coll 5/40 ‘Air Route to India (Persian Gulf): Increase in frequency of Imperial Airways Service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a notification from the Air Ministry (folio 18) dated 10 December 1934, informing the India Office of a proposal by Imperial Airways to duplicate their service between the United Kingdom (UK) and India. It also contains an explanatory note prepared for a meeting at the Air Mini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934-22 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1997

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1997
Title:
Coll 5/43 ‘Night flying facilities in the Persian Gulf in connection with the Empire Air Mail Scheme’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, meeting notes (at the Air Ministry on 9 November 1934 and 22 March 1935), and memoranda regarding proposals to introduce night flying across the Persian Gulf as part of the Empire Air Mail Scheme. The focus of the file is on the following routes: Cairo-Karachi a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1935-28 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)