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Coll 5/7 ‘Afghanistan: Violation of frontier by RAF machines; Special instructions to pilots; General international practice’ [57r] (113/449)
The record is made up of 1 file (223 folios). It was created in 13 Nov 1930-20 Mar 1947. 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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^ C oni! lent i
1938, from the Surveyor G-eneral or India.
F.GfU.G. Programme of Survey Operations for li'3 r «-38.
/ith reference to para* 3 of my letter To*224/748, dated
the 15th January 1938, I have the h .nour to forv.ard herewith a
copy of letter To.37927/37/1 .1.4(b), dated 1/11-3-38 from the
Chief of the G-eneral Staff to my Director, frontier Jircle. It
will be seen the re from that the former has arranged with trie
Headquarters, Boyal Air fore , to have the photographic survey
undertaken of the areas in sheets 38 H/l, 2,3,5,6, and 9 which
have been omitted from the programme submitted with my letter of
the 15th January 1938 referred to above on account of technical
flying difficulties along the Indo-Afghan frontier.
Special arrangements have now been made by the x»oyal -hr
.• 1 orce to mrd a ai:. t the v^j^lation of bhe 'roi-ti r.
2. -j. revised f.O.U.O. programme including the above.:enti ;ned
sheets, to >th r ith an index map and sheet do.38 in triplicate
is submitted herewith in supersession of those submitted with my
letters cited in the margin for favour of sanction by the
Government of India.
.ted The Public programme submitted with my letter 0.225 dated
the 15th January 1938 remains unaffected.
3. In my letter Ho.4041 dated 29-9-37, you were informed that
the Government of the H. /.f.P. had approved the progra . e sub
mitted with my letter Ho.3582 dated 31.8.37 subject to the
observance of restrictions on flying within idle vicinity of the
Durand Chne.
The Government of the 1 ../.T. P. also approved one program me
submitted with my letter No.224/748 dated 15.1.38 ms
on the understanding that the officer in charge would take the
approval of the District and Political authorities concerned
before anfl^particular area was mapped-s This approval has been
received and co municated to the Govomr ent of the i’.A.F.P.
As the programme submitted herewith is a combination of the
two programmes previously suGnitted with the omission only of
photography in sheets 38E/6,7, the approval of the G-overnment of
the N.G.f.P. is in the nature of a formality; it has however
been applied for.
4. It is regretted that this further chan ce has had to be
made, amounting to a reversion to the original programme in
sheet 38 N, the Dhief of the General Staff is however pressing
for the completion of the surveys in that sheet as early as
possible.
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The file is concerned broadly with three topics. The first, found predominantly between folios 102-224, is about complaints made by the Government of Afghanistan over violations of its territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force, and complaints made by HM Minister at Kabul that the Government of India does not take the complaints seriously enough. The file therefore contains details of these violations, investigations undertaken into complaints, and any action taken by the Government of India in response: for example see folios 208-12. It also contains a number of memoranda outlining examples of territorial violations by aircraft from the rest of the world for comparison: see folios 165-68, 159-60, and 149-51.
The second topic, also found predominantly between folios 102-224, is about periodic amendments to the Government of India's rules for pilots flying in the North West Frontier. The most significant change is a reduction of the extent of prohibited zone — an area around the Afghan-Indian border within which aircraft are not supposed to fly — from six to three miles. The file includes related discussion as to what impact this could have respecting the number of accidental incursions into Afghanistan.
The third topic, predominantly found between folios 4-101, concerns aerial photographic survey work to be undertaken along the Afghan frontier in Baluchistan and the North West Frontier Province. The file includes proposals for survey work from the Surveyor General of India, correspondence respecting the suspension of the prohibited zone, and notifications of proposed survey work provided to HM Minister at Kabul. A map showing the areas in India prohibited to civil aircraft can be found on folio 95.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul; the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India (from 1937 the Department of External Affairs); the Government of India Department of Education, Health and Lands; the Surveyor General of India; officials of the Foreign Office; and officials of 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. .
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (223 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 present in parallel between ff 2-222; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1952
- Title
- Coll 5/7 ‘Afghanistan: Violation of frontier by RAF machines; Special instructions to pilots; General international practice’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:90v, 94r:94v, 96r:157v, 159r:224v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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