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IOR/L/PS/12/1970
- Record Id:
- 040-000556989
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556965
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0001fc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035102426.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/1970
- Title:
- Coll 5/23 ‘Violation of Tibetan territory by aircraft’
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by an American aircraft in Tibet on 30 November 1943, and the subsequent rescue of the airmen and their return to India. A detailed account of the incident can be found in a letter written by George Sheriff, Head of the British Mission in Lhasa, on folios 17-24. Also included in the file are extracts from reports from the British Mission, which either relate to the aforementioned incident or to rumours of aircraft sighted over Tibet. Brief observations on Chinese-Tibetan relations can also be found within.
Additional correspondents featured in the file are the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, and the Secretary to the United States Representative in India.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000556965
040-000556989 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 : Political (External) Collection 5: Aircraft and Aviation
IOR/L/PS/12/1970 : Coll 5/23 ‘Violation of Tibetan territory by aircraft’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0006]/037-000556965[0024]/040-000556989
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (32 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0001fc
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 27 Dec 1943-30 Apr 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 5/23
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)