'Air Agreements' [19r] (44/318)
The record is made up of 1 file (153 folios). It was created in 1930-1951. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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No. 109
(1381/98/31)
BRITISH LSa'ATION,
BEIRUT.
15th august, 1951 •
Monsieur le Ministre,
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With reference to Section II of the Schedule to the Agree
ment signed this day between the Government of the United Kingdom
end the Government of the Lebanese Republic In accordance with
which the designated airline or airlines of the Lebanon will be
granted permission to operate scheduled services to Kuwait and
Bahrain, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that, in view
of the state of the airfields at Kuwait and Bahrain# it is necessary
to impose for the time being the following conditions on the
exercise of the rights so granted:-
(1) No four-engined aircraft can be permitted to use the
existing airfields at Kuwait and Bahrain except by the
special permission of the aeronautical authorities of the
Government; of the United Kingdom;
(2) Since the airfield at Kuwait is not fenced and the facilities
provided at Kuwait and Bahrain are at present in certain
respects below normal safety standards, operations by the
aircraft of the designated airline or airlines at these air
fields must be undertaken at the risk of the airline concerned.
I have the honour to request Your Excellency to confirm
that the Government of the Lebanese Republic accepts the above-
atatsd conditions as governing the exercise of rights at Kuwait
and Bahrain by the designated airline or airlines of the Lebanon.
I have the honour to be#
with the highest consideration#
Monsieur le Ministre.
Your Excellency 1 s obedient Servant,
(Sgd. ) E. A* CEAPMAU-AJtWREWS
His Excellency
Monsieur Charles Helou,
Minister for Foreign affairs,
BEIRUT.
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The file consists of typescript and printed copies (including supporting correspondence) of the following air agreements between the United Kingdom and other states:
- Lebanon, 1951 (including correspondence and papers in French and Arabic);
- Kuwait, Civil Air Agreement and Air Navigation Regulations, 1950;
- Bahrain, Civil Air Agreement revised and renewed, 1942;
- Kuwait, Civil Air Agreement and Air Navigation Regulations, 1950:
- Dubai, Commercial Air Agreement,1938;
- Muscat, Civil Air Agreement and Air Navigation Regulations,1947;
- Shuwaimiya, 1938;
- Khor Gharim, 1936;
- Umm Rasais, Masira [Masirah], 1932;
- Muscat, Civil Air Agreement, 1935;
- Sir Bu-Nair [Sir Bu-Nu'air], Sharjah, 1936;
- Muscat, Air Navigation Regulations, 1935;
- Kalba, 1936;
- Ras al Khaimah [R'as al-Khaymah], 1930;
- Sharjah, 1951 (also in Arabic);
- Sharjah, 1932;
- Dibai [Dubai], 1933;
- Sharjah, 1943;
- Sir Bani Yas and Abu Dhabi, 1935;
- Halul, Abu Dhabi, 1936;
- Bahrein [Bahrain], 1934 (with manuscript corrections);
- Kuwait, Air Navigation Regulations, 1950;
- Kuwait, Civil Air Agreement, 1934;
- Bahrain, 1941.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (153 folios)
- Arrangement
The agreements appear from the front to the rear of the file in the order listed in the Scope and Content section of this catalogue record. There is a list of contents on the inside front cover of the file (folio 1), which is linked to the agreements themselves by reference numbers which appear in blue or red ink (uncircled) in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of the first folio of the relevant document.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover of the file (the first folio after the outer cover) and terminates at 155 on the back cover of the file (the last folio before the outer cover). These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. There is second, local foliation sequence numbered 242-254 between ff. 86-98.
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- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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