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IOR/L/PS/12/2033
- Record Id:
- 040-000557052
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556965
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00023b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040633516.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2033
- Title:
- Coll 5/72 ‘Persia: Supply of American aircraft to –’
- Scope & Content:
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The file is largely concerned with the shipment of ten P-40 Tomahawk fighter planes from the United States to Iran by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The papers within outline a policy debate as to whether the aircraft in question should be diverted for British use and whether a request should be made to the United States to block future exports to Iran.
Also briefly covered in the file is the related subject matter of the supply of Hawker Hurricane materials to Iran, and the prevention of a shipment of Tiger Moths to Iran from Canada.
The main correspondents in the file as follows: HM Ambassador to the United States (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax), officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the India Office, and representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India. The file also contains correspondence with the Air Ministry and the Dominions Office.
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
040-000557052 - 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/12/2033 : Coll 5/72 ‘Persia: Supply of American aircraft to –’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0006]/037-000556965[0087]/040-000557052
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (58 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00023b
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 10 Jun 1941-25 Aug 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 57; 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 5/72
- 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)