IOR/R/15/6/74

The correspondence in the volume is mainly related to the use of Gwadur anchorage by Imperial Airways flying boats and the question of whether to obtain special authorisations from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in this regard or not.

The correspondence in the volume also covers the following: proposals to obtain specific authority from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman for the refusal of applications, or private flights over his Arabian territory; the rental fees of the landing ground at Gwadur; the arrangement for a guard to be provided on the aerodrome at Gwadur for the protection of the aircraft; the exemption from duty on marine equipment imported into Gwadur for use in connection with the Empire Mail Scheme; the request for special authorisation to be issued by the Shaikhs of the Persian Gulf for certain aircraft registered in the name of Imperial Airways to land in and fly over their territories; the emergency landing of Imperial Airways flying boats at Kuwait; and the arrangements to be made to afford landing facilities at Gwadur once the Muscat Civil Air Agreement expires on 24 October 1938.

The main correspondents in the volume are: the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Resident, Bushire; Imperial Airways; the Department of Civil Aviation, Air Ministry, London; the India Office; and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.