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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [117r] (242/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931. 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.
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Hlnaldl,
SECRET
8th August, 19S9,
Tos The H^n. Political Healdent, Persian Oulf,
British jsesldenoy and Consulate General,
o U b H I H
Sir,
I have the honour to refer t"> your letter
No« 289S of 1929 dated 19th July, enclosing a report by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
Bahrein on the Landing around and Seaplane
Station at Bahrein#
This report and your covering remarks are of
great assistance and X should like to express my appreciation
of the thorough way In iThich the report and sketch maps were
prepared#
1 would like, however, to make the following
observation in continuation of my letter St 10437 dated 25th
June#
4. There is no objection to the presence of
cultivation of crops of mormal size right up to the actual
edge of the landing ground. This does not of course include
palm trees* It is definite obstructions such as trees, houses,
wires of any kind, oil derricks etc, that are dangerous to
aircraft approaching an aerodrome.
It is preferable that the site at Manama
should be adopted as the Royal Air Force landing ground on
Bahrein Island, owing to its proximity to the seaplane moor
ings and Rest House. Nevertheless, I consider it would be
advisable to retain the old landing ground near ^IFAA because
it is possible that civil air routes may pass through Bahrein
in the future# We have had correspondence on this subject#
6. I note that you are enauiring whether the Manama
site can be moved slightly north and west and will await your
reply before discussing the cuestion of the existing encroach
ments «
7. 1 agree that the area in which the Eastern and
General Syndicate have been granted an exploratory licence is
sufficiently distant from Manama and that any developments
will not interfere with the landing ground at that place#
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Air Commodore,
Air Officer Commanding,
'Iraq Command#
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the 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. and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; RAF (Royal Air Force) officials at the Iraq Command; the High Commissioner of Iraq at Baghdad; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and members of No. 203 Squadron RAF.
The correspondence concerns the establishment of an air route along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; seaplane reconnaisance missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. carried out by No. 203 Squadron RAF; the construction of landing grounds, seaplane anchorages and refuelling stations at various locations along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Kuwait, al-Ḥasā’, Bahrain, Qatar, Ṣīr Banī Yās, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwayn, Ra's al-Khaymah, Muscat and Maṣīrah island.
Also included within these papers are:
- Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island (f. 85);
- Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulations of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 (f. 65);
- Plan Showing Landing Ground in Bahrein (f. 108B);
- Details of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond's 1929 air journey to India;
- Details of Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon's 1931-32 air journey to India.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:76v, 78v:84v, 86r:107v, 108ar:108av, 109r:118v, 121v:122v, 124v:163v, 163ar:163av, 164r:198v, 198ar:198av, 199r:246v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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