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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [‎12r] (28/506)

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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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COPY.
High Commissioner, Baghdad,
Secretary of State for the Colonies, Ko. 14.
Resident, Bushire, Ho. 9-s.
received 8th January 1927.
My telegram of Slat December, Ho. 621.
Air Officer Commanding wishes to carry out
in February reconnaissance of subsidiary air route to India
via Arabian coast of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , reconnaissance to include
flying over territory of Chiefs concerned and landing from
H.M's. Ships to examine potential landing grounds.
Jesirable that distance flown over sea
should not exceed 30 miles at a stretch, and that there
should be refuelling grounds at maximum intervals of 250
miles and emergency landing groungs at intervals of 20 to
50 miles.
Cooperation of Arab leaders from Kuwait to
Muscat will be necessary and I suggest that H.M.Government
should approach Ibn Saud direct and that Resident, Bushire.
should communicate with others.
Communication from Ibn Saud referred to in
Bushire telegram No. 35 of 1 2th July 1924 makes it certain
that Ibn Saud would strongly object to reconnaissance over
his territory without his previous permission.
HIGH COHMISSIOHER.
Telegram
From
To
Repeated
Bated and

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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.
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1 volume (248 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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