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IOR/L/PS/12/2028
- Record Id:
- 040-000557047
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556965
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000236
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040145480.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2028
- Title:
- Coll 5/65 ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ATTACHE KABUL & LOAN OF AIR PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN GOVNT’
- Scope & Content:
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The file is predominantly concerned with plans for the supervision of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working for the Afghan Air Force at Kabul. This includes the drafting of a directive for Wing Commander P A McWhannel, the Air Adviser attached to the UK High Commission to Pakistan at Karachi, outlining the responsibilities he is to assume over the aforementioned personnel. The file also contains an application from McWhannel for an aircraft to be made available to facilitate regular visits to Kabul: see folios 12-15.
Another significant topic covered by the file is a request from the Government of Pakistan for a copy of a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force; the Air Ministry had prepared a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force at the request of the Afghan Government. A copy of an abridged version of this plan is included in the file: see folios 52-66.
A report by Wing Commander A R L Griffiths on his visit to Afghanistan (24-28 May 1948) has also been filed: see folios 88-93. This reports on the Afghan Air Force and the role of RAF personnel. It also tackles the question of supplying an aircraft for the use of the Air Adviser at Karachi.
The main correspondents are: HM Minister/Ambassador at Kabul (Giles Frederick Squire), the UK High Commissioner to Pakistan (Sir Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office, and officials of the Foreign Office.
On the inside front cover can be found a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year.
- 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
040-000557047 - 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/12/2028 : Coll 5/65 ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ATTACHE KABUL & LOAN OF AIR PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN GOVNT’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0006]/037-000556965[0082]/040-000557047
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (128 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000236
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1 Apr 1948-15 Dec 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 129; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Coll 5/65
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. At the beginning of the correspondence is a set of file notes: see folios 118-129. Serial numbers in black, blue, and red ink, which occur throughout the file refer to entries in the notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)