Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [‎16v] (34/284)

C. 98035/32 [No. 27].
No. 6.
ME. H. R. BALLANTYNE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
Sir, 19-21, Moorgate, London, E.C .2, 28th April, 1^32.
I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 25th instant^ addresse
to Mr. D. Duncan Smith, in which you state that the seaplane station oiigina y se ec e ,
and described in the letter of the 9th October, 1930,t to Mr. D. Duncan Smit , is now
no longer in use, and that the anchorage now used both by flying boats and seaplanes
consists of two buoys in Khor Khaliya due east of the Shaikh s palace.
I am informing the Bahrein Petroleum Company, Limited, accordingly.
Might I draw your attention to the fact that a change was made in December,
1930, when the representation in this country of the Bahrein Petroleum Company,
Limited, was transferred to me, of which you were informed in the letter I addressed
to you on the 27th February, 1931,i and which was formally acknowledged by letter
on the 9th March, 1931. §
I am, &c.,
H. R. BALLANTYNE
C. 98035/32 [No. 160J.
No. 7.
AIR MINISTRY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
[ Answered hy No. 8.]
Sm, Air Ministry, London, W.C.2, 14th December, 1932.
I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to Colonial Office letter of the
25th November, jj and connected correspondence on the subject of the Bahrein
Petroleum Company's Concession Agreement and to forward, for the information of
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a letter which has been addressed
to 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. on the subject of the use of a landing ground on Muharraq Island
by Service and civil aircraft.
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister will be aware that one of the conditions under which
His Majesty's Government were prepared to advise the Shaikh of Bahrein to extend
the licence granted to the Eastern and General Syndicate and agree to assignment to
a new Company was that the Syndicate should give an assurance that they would take
no steps which would prejudice the position of the proposed sites for a landing
ground and seaplane station in Bahrein, vide Colonial Office letter of the 16th
September, 1929 .11
The site for a landing ground finally decided upon was that at Manamah, and
the Air Council are accordingly anxious to know whether Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister
considers that any steps could now be taken to safeguard in addition to Manamah
the proposed landing ground on Muharraq Island.
I am, &c.,
J. S. ROSS.
Enclosure in No. 7.
SiR, 9th December, 1932.
I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to 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. letter of the
25th November, transmitting a copy of a letter from 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. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on the subject of the draft Agreement between Imperial Airways and
the Bahrein State, and to forward, for the information of the Secretary of State for
India, a copy of a telegram which they have received from the Air Officer "Commandino-
'Iraq, regarding the use of the landing ground on Muharraq Island bv Service and
civil aircraft.
1 No. 77 in Middle East No. 32.
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