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‘File 7/11 Flights of unidentified aircraft’ [18v] (36/108)
The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 14 Nov 1940-30 Oct 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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CONDITIONS.
1. The Company or any Telegraph Company or Government Telegraph
Administration, by whom this telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the
telegraphic service be forwarded, may decline to forward such telegram although
it has been received for that purpose ; but in such case the amount paid for
transmission will be refunded to the sender at his request.
2. Neither the Company nor any Telegraph Company, or Government Telegraph
Administration, by whom this telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the^
telegraphic service be forwarded, nor any of their respective officers or servants
shall be liable to make compensation for any loss, injury or damage arising ou
resulting from non-transmission or non-delivery of the telegram, or delay or error
or omission in the transmission or delivery thereof, through whatever cause such
non-transmission, non-delivery, delay, error, or omission shall have occurred even
though occasioned by the neglect or default of such Company or Administration or
any officer or servant in their employ.
3. This telegram shall be forwarded in accordance with the provisions of the
International Telegraph Regulations and the provisions of such Regulations shall
be deemed to be binding between the sender and this or any Telegraph Company
or Government Telegraph Administration by whom this telegram is or would
in the ordinary course of the telegraphic service be forwarded.
4. The above mentioned conditions also apply to telegrams tendered to or
delivered by the Company by telephone, over a private line, or by any other
means whatsoever.
NOTE,—Code words used in the text of telegrams must not contain more than 5 letters.
The use of accented letters is not permitted in code words. By International
Regulations, the sender of a telegram is obliged to produce the code from which^
the text or part of the text in code has been compiled if requested by the office oj
origin.
If figures and groups of figures, including commercial marks containing
figures and letters, are used in code telegrams directed to extra-European
destinations, their number, reckoned in accordance with the Rules for charging,
must not exceed one half of the number of chargeable words in the text and signature.
Full information respecting code telegrams may be obtained from any of the
Company's Branches.
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The file contains letters, telegrams and other papers relating to unidentified aircraft either seen or heard over the Arab coast during the Second World War, and the emergency landing of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Abu Dhabi in May 1944. Correspondence is sent and received by a host of British officials including political and consular agents and RAF officers.
A telex sent by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to the Government of India on 25 November 1940 reported that Italian radio broadcasts had claimed success in a bombing raid over Bahrain, accounting for recent reports of unidentified aircraft in the area (folio 6). A large part of the correspondence in the file concerns payments made by the crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress to local Arabs, who offered them water and assistance. The crew members gave an array of banknotes to one man, which staff at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain attempted to convert into rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. at the Eastern Bank (folio 38). Further correspondence relates to a complaint made by the clerk at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Sharjah, over abuse directed at him by staff from the RAF base in the town (folios 46-47).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (52 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. The office notes at the end of the file (folios 51-53) mirror the chronological arrangement. Circled index numbers, written in red crayon and ink, can be found throughout the volume, and refer to the office notes.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the inside back cover, and uses circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . A second foliation sequence is also present between ff. 2-49; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/276
- Title
- ‘File 7/11 Flights of unidentified aircraft’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:35v, 37r:38v, 40r:48v, 50r:53v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence