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‘File 7/17 Additional aerodromes – Manama’ [7r] (15/38)
The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1944-9 Feb 1946. 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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only be done by gravely interrupting the flow of aircraft
eastwards and that this could not be permitted, and that
although the iron plating now being put down at Ifuharraq
would be protected from corrosion and would take the weight
of very heavy bombers there was no certainty that it would
do so for an indefinite time. The risk of liuharraq breaking
up could not be accepted as the flow of aircraft must not
be interrupted therefore some additional site would have
to be found. I gathered from Curtain-Jones that he had
suggested going to the Has Tanura site while Muharraq was
put into a fit state to take all types of craft presumably
by concreting runways*
4* The above is the gist of the conversation. I gather
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that the Americans are proving as difficult as usual and
have announced that the landing ground could be completed
by Anextican engineers in six months. cur tain-Jones does
not think this possible but I do not agree with him for I
feel that with their ruthless methods they could do the work
in time but we should have a very difficult time later trying
to re-balance the labour market.
Tours sincerely,
/
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The file’s correspondence concerns plans for a new aerodrome at Manama, in order to maintain the air route through the Gulf while the runway at Muharraq was concreted to allow heavy bombers to land there. The principal correspondents in the file are 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. in Bahrain, 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. , and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. Among the issues discussed in the correspondence are: obtaining permission from the Shaikh for ground surveys to be carried out at Manama, comments on the viability of laying a new runway that would be 3500 yards long, and the rejection of offers from the USATC [United States Army Transportation Corps] to build the new aerodrome.
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- 1 file (17 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the file are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. Blue and red circled index numbers, written in crayon and ink, can also be found throughout the volume, which refer to the office notes at the end of the file (folio 17).
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Foliation: The foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found 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. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1 and 1A.
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- IOR/R/15/2/282
- Title
- ‘File 7/17 Additional aerodromes – Manama’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:4v, 6r:11v, 13r:13v, 15r:17v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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