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IOR/L/PS/12/1988
- Record Id:
- 040-000557007
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556965
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00020e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035920572.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/1988
- Title:
- Coll 5/35 ‘Sale of Auster Aircraft by Govt of India to Govt of Iraq’
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains telegrams related to the sale of ten Auster aircraft by the Government of India to the Government of Iraq; communication between the Indian and Iraqi governments is facilitated by the British Embassy in Baghdad. The file documents a delay in the release of these aircraft as a result of a United Nations Security Council Resolution to prohibit the import of war materials into Palestine, and the eventual decision by the Government of India to release the aircraft in January 1949.
The main correspondents are as follows: the UK High Commissioner in India, HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir William Henry Bradshaw Mack), officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office, and officials of the Foreign Office.
- 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
040-000557007 - 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/12/1988 : Coll 5/35 ‘Sale of Auster Aircraft by Govt of India to Govt of Iraq’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0006]/037-000556965[0042]/040-000557007
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (34 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00020e
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 9 Jun 1948-12 Mar 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; 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 5/35
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. A set of file notes can be found at the front of the correspondence on folios 33-35. Serial numbers in ink, which occur throughout the file (red for incoming, blue/black for outgoing correspondence), refer to entries in the notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)