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1. IOR/L/PS/12/509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/509
Title:
PZ 2405/41 'Question of Air Mail Bags during Iraq disturbances.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Minister in Siam [Thailand] and the Foreign Office, regarding the sending of air mail bags while disturbances in Iraq cause an interruption of the air service.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1941-7 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/801
Title:
Ext 1186/43 'Transmission of mail from Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain Island, to its Head Office in New York'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the transmission of internal correspondence between Bahrain and New York by the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The file covers concerns that sensitive information is being sent openly and is therefore vulnerable to enemy interception, and suggestions that future tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1942-17 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1949

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1949
Title:
Coll 5/4 ‘Afghanistan: Kabul-India Civil Air Service — Air Convention & the NWF prohibited area’
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with proposals for the development of air services to, from, and across Afghanistan. In particular, proposals from the German firm Junkers for an air service from Persia, and Russian proposals for an air bridge across Afghanistan, for the purpose of delivering mail betwee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Jul 1930-13 Apr 1932
Extent:
1 volume (452 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3424
Title:
Coll 28/27 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Delay + mutilation of telms for Tehran Legation. Suggested alternative arrangements.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite), Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter; George William Rendel), and the British Legetation at Tehran (Raymond Cecil Parr), concerning the desire to retain a British telegraphist at Tehran after the withdrawal of the Indo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1930-26 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/4102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4102
Title:
Coll 35/2(2) 'Transmission of air mail bags to and from Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the dispatch of air mail diplomatic bags to and from Persian Gulf. The file covers the proposal to send Persian Gulf mail by RAF from Bahrain, in 1944. The file is composed of correspondence between the Air Ministry, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1943-5 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/273
Title:
File 6/1 I Aviation Imperial Airways
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the management of Imperial Airways, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the Political Resident at Bushire that discusses the possibility of a passenger service to and from Kuwait on Imperial Airways. Considerations of postal deliveries and pickups, possibl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1932-18 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)