Coll 5/31 ‘Air Route to India: Prohibition of Private Flights along the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
IOR/L/PS/12/1982
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The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in 20 Apr 1948-19 Apr 1949. It was written in English. 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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The file contains correspondence (mainly telegrams) on two subjects. One subject is proposals for charter flights between Aden and Bombay by Ethiopian Airways, on behalf of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The other subject is the development of Czechoslovak civil aviation and British plans to obstruct Czech ambitions in this area. The file also contains a note on Anglo-Czech civil aviation relations produced by the Foreign Office, dated 20 April 1948: see folios 10-12.
The main correspondents are the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Chief Secretary of Aden.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (11 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. File notes can be found at the back of the correspondence on folio 2. Red serial numbers in ink, which occur throughout the file, refer back to the notes.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1982
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 5/31
- Date(s)
- 20 Apr 1948-19 Apr 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Civil aviation
- People & organisations
- Foreign OfficeCommonwealth Relations OfficeChief Secretary, Aden
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1982
- Title
- Coll 5/31 ‘Air Route to India: Prohibition of Private Flights along the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence