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'File 39/17 ARAMCO Planes' [18r] (35/64)
The record is made up of 1 file (30 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1946-2 Jun 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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ve The Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited
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Bahrein Island,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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CONFIDENTIAL
2 / PA - 2 ^. 5th May, 1946.
H.B.M.
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.
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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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Manama.
mO.POSED BAHREIN ATRfiTRTP
Dear Sir,
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P7fh A^n Wi ^oJ eferenCe t ° y our letter No. 0^441 dated
^7th April, 194-6, we are attaching photostatic copies of
Drawings BR- 2949 -O-D and BRS-2948-0. The former P glves
°f the P ro P os e<l air strip with
relation to Awali and the latter is a detail survey of
this area showing alternative air strips.
This information was sent to the Arabian American
P ny ^°L t ? e Febr uary, 1946 with a request that
they forwara it to their home office, and if they were
interested to confer with our New York office and submit
a recommendation.
Yours very truly,
M. BROWN
CHIEF LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE
THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED
Attachments
Photostatic copies of Drawing!
BR-294-9-0-D & BRS-2948-C
Confidential.
BAHRAIN tt EC j 5 I J\ (;
.Date.
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- Content
The file contains correspondence with Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) representatives regarding the use of a chartered plane to transport personnel of ARAMCO to Dhahran. The letters request permission from 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. at Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain for the chartered plane and for another private plane used by the Company, to land at Muharraq [Bahrain].
There are also letters from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), wanting to build an air strip at Awali for use of the private ARAMCO aircraft, including a map of 'Proposed Air Strip Bahrain' (f 19) and a 'Location Plan - Proposed Air Strip, Bahrain' (f 23).
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- 1 file (30 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 28-31. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 32; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/886
- Title
- 'File 39/17 ARAMCO Planes'
- Pages
- 18r:19v, 23r:23v, 27r:27v
- Author
- Brown, Russell M
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