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4591. 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)

4592. IOR/L/PS/12/2042

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2042
Title:
Coll 5/80 ‘Air Route to India – Arab Coast Route: Sharjah Air Agreement & additional accommodation for the B.A.O.C.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the renewal of the Sharjah Commercial Air Agreement in 1943, and subsequent increases to the subsidy paid to the Shaikh of Sharjah under the agreement and changes to accommodation requirements for both the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the Ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1943-15 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

4593. IOR/L/PS/12/2043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2043
Title:
Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the provision of facilities for the United States Air Transport Command at both Bahrain and Sharjah. This includes policy and strategy discussions over how best to maintain British control of the Arabian Coast Air Route; British planners feared that the United...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1943-9 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (144 folios)

4594. IOR/L/PS/12/2043, f 127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2043, f 127
Title:
‘Sketch Map Showing the Approximate Locations of the Bahrein Oil Co's. Establishments and other Important Points’
Scope & Content:
The map illustrates Bahrein Island [Bahrain], and shows the location of Key Bahrein Oil Company establishments on the island. The locations of Manama, Muharraq Town, and Rifa'a-Ash-Sharki are indicated. The locations of the landing ground and the alighting area for flying boats have been underli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1940
Extent:
1 map

4595. IOR/L/PS/12/2044

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2044
Title:
Coll 5/82 ‘Facilities for U.S. Transport Corps at Sharjah; Posting of U.S. Provost Personnel for & maintenance of Discipline’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of papers related to a suggestion, made by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in a telegram dated 15 August 1944 (folio 11), for the appointment of Provost (military police) personnel to maintain discipline among the increasing number of United States Arm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1944-3 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

4596. IOR/L/PS/12/2045

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2045
Title:
Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning refuelling arrangements for the Royal Air Force (RAF), the United States Army Transport Command (USATC), and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), during the Second World War (1939-1945) and into the post-war period. In particular, the distribution ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1944-10 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (213 folios)

4597. IOR/L/PS/12/2045, f 59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2045, f 59
Title:
Sketch map of Bahrain Island
Scope & Content:
The map is appended to an agenda for a meeting, held at the Air Ministry at 11:00am on 25 January 1945, to discuss the provision of further aviation refuelling facilities at Bahrain in the form of tankage and a pipeline: see folio 58 for the agenda and folio 60-61 for the minutes. The proposed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 map

4598. IOR/L/PS/12/2046

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2046
Title:
Coll 5/84 ‘Discussions re post war civil aviation’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to developments in post-war civil aviation. It contains correspondence related to the stance to be taken by Commonwealth countries in preparation for the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation. The file also contains a set of papers submitted by Alber...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1944-30 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

4599. IOR/L/PS/12/2047

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2047
Title:
Coll 5/84(2) ‘Chicago Agreement: Position of Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms with regard to post war Civil Aviation; International Civil Aviation Organisation Meeting in Cairo 1946. Tandy's Deputation.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the position of the Gulf States – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Bahrain, Dubai, Kalba, Kuwait, Ra's al-Khaymah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaywayn – under the Convention on International Civil Aviation (1946), also known as the Chicago Convention. Much of the correspondence is c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1945-20 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (431 folios)

4600. 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)

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