'File 2/40 COPIES OF MUSCAT CIVIL AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED TO HIS HIGHNESS FROM TIME TO TIME. FINAL AGREEMENT AS SIGNED’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains unsigned drafted copies of the Muscat Civil Air Agreement. The main contents of the agreement are the following: Heads of agreement between His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Territory of Muscat and Oman Air navigatio...
‘File 2/40 II AIR FACILITIES (CIVIL) MUSCAT. VOLUME II’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters related to the Muscat Civil Air Agreement. The correspondence includes draft copies of the agreement, which contains the following: The heads of agreement between His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Sultan o...
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters that are related to the following: the use and control of the airfields in the Persian Gulf; the Royal Air Force (RAF) obtaining permission from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman for the use of certain areas in Salalah, Dhofar and...
The file contains a draft exchange of letters between the British Consul at Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman related to the Muscat Civil Air Agreement of 1947.
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters related to the American civil air facilities in Muscat. The United States Government asked to obtain permission from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to fly over but not to land in his territories in operation of a route from Bas...
‘File 2/42 AIR AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.K. & FRENCH GOVT.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning a draft agreement between the British and the French governments for the purpose of establishing certain reciprocal facilities for the operation of military flights in or over their territories. The file includes draft copies of the agreement in Englis...
‘File 2/43 JOINT USE OF AIRFIELDS BY MILITARY & CIVIL AIRCRAFT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the principles governing the joint use of airfields in the Persian Gulf by military and civil aircrafts. The principles were laid out in an enclosure issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation/Air Ministry Co-ordinating Committee.
The file contains papers related to the organisation of air/sea rescue operations in the Middle East and the Mediterranean regions. The Headquarters, Royal Air Force (RAF), Mediterranean and Middle East distributed lists of rescue facilities to the respective RAF facilities at Habbaniya, Sharjah...
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Muscat and the Political Resident at Bahrain and Kuwait regarding the arrival of American officials in Muscat and the possibility of opening an air aerodrome there.
The file contains papers describing customary, or 'desert' law, as practiced in Arab states and amongst Bedouin tribes. The papers were prepared in response to requests for information from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The papers include: notes on the subject by Lieutenant-Colone...
