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Coll 5/35 ‘Sale of Auster Aircraft by Govt of India to Govt of Iraq’ [22r] (43/71)
The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1948-12 Mar 1949. 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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DRAFT TELEGRAM, CONTINUATION SHEET
3 . If you see no objection please inform the
Government of India of U.K. Government's attitude as
dteeetod- in preceding paragraph and say that U.K.
Government have noted Bagdad telegram No.613 regarding
the supply to the Iraqi Government of these aircraft
which appear from the wording of the telegram to be
intended for military use. You might go on to state
that U.K. Government noted with appreciation attitude
of Government of India towards Security Council
resolution as reported in your telegram No.1825 of
10th June and trust that the Government of India will
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not overlook relevant of that resolution in present
case. You should add that in view of U.K. Government's
attitude as stated injparagraph 2 above they are
obliged to state that they cannot agree to the U.K.
Smbassy in Bagdad being used as a channel of
ocmmunioation with regard to the supply of these
aircraft.
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The file contains telegrams related to the sale of ten Auster aircraft by the Government of India to the Government of Iraq; communication between the Indian and Iraqi governments is facilitated by the British Embassy in Baghdad. The file documents a delay in the release of these aircraft as a result of a United Nations Security Council Resolution to prohibit the import of war materials into Palestine, and the eventual decision by the Government of India to release the aircraft in January 1949.
The main correspondents are as follows: the UK High Commissioner in India, HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir William Henry Bradshaw Mack), officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office, and officials of the Foreign Office.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (34 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. A set of file notes can be found at the front of the correspondence on folios 33-35. Serial numbers in ink, which occur throughout the file (red for incoming, blue/black for outgoing correspondence), refer to entries in the notes.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1988
- Title
- Coll 5/35 ‘Sale of Auster Aircraft by Govt of India to Govt of Iraq’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:35v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence