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21. 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)

22. 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)

23. 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)

24. 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)

25. 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)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/2025

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2025
Title:
Coll 5/63 ‘Petroleum Development (Qatar) Ltd: Proposed construction of aerodrome on western side of Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an application from Petroleum Concessions Limited for a general permission to operate aircraft within Qatar and the wider Persian Gulf; under the Qatar Oil Concession the company was required to seek permission from the Shaikh of Qatar for each flight. There is also co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-21 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/2026

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2026
Title:
Coll 5/64 ‘Prohibition of private flights (foreign) over Persian Gulf territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains requests for authorisation to undertake private flights over the Arab Coast route – the air route over Kuwait, Bahrain, Sharjah, and Muscat. These requests are entirely from French nationals and are submitted to the Foreign Office on their behalf by the French Embassy in London...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1938-29 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

28. 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)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/2039

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2039
Title:
Coll 5/77 ‘Muscat: including activities of U.S. Air Force and Pan-American Airways in the Middle East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the operations of Pan American Airlines in the Middle East; British officials were concerned that the airline was using the war as a pretext for commercial penetration of British controlled territories. The file therefore covers the militarisation of Pan American Airli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1941-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/12/2041

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2041
Title:
Coll 5/79 ‘NEPAL: SUPPLY OF AIRCRAFT TO’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to opportunities for supplying British aircraft to Nepal. Most of these papers relate to an enquiry in 1945, instigated by the Nepalese Minister in London, over the possibility of purchasing de Havilland Dominie and Percival Proctor aircraft. The main correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1942-31 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)