The map displays British India's border region with Afghanistan and Eastern Persia, illustrating the areas prohibited to civil aircraft. It demarcates the external boundary of British India, along with its internal and district boundaries; railway lines are also indicated. It also contains a sch...
Coll 5/7 ‘Afghanistan: Violation of frontier by RAF machines; Special instructions to pilots; General international practice’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned broadly with three topics. The first, found predominantly between folios 102-224, is about complaints made by the Government of Afghanistan over violations of its territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force, and complaints made by HM Minister at Kabul that the Government o...
