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Coll 5/56 ‘Air Services in the Eastern Mediterranean’ [5r] (9/295)
The record is made up of 1 file (146 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1937-20 Aug 1937. 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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Civil aviation in Egypt presents an important
defence problem with two aspects:*
(a) the exclusion of activities which would enable
potentially hostile foreign Powers to influence aviation
development in Egypt and to build up for themselves a
nucleus of pilots with a detailed knowledge of the
country; and
(b) the building up of a reserve, for use in the event
of war, of Egyptian aircraft, pilots, mechanics and
wireless telegraphy personnel.
2. These tv/o points are matters of common concern to
the Egyptian Government and His Majesty f s Government
in the United Kingdom, in view of the Treaty of Alliance,
and point (b) is one which the Egyptian Government may
think it well to direct the Military Mission to study with
a view to the ultimate elaboration by the Higher Defence
Council of a long-term policy.
3. As regards point (a), two things seem to call for
urgent action. The first relates to the capital of Misr
Airwork. This consists of ’‘A” shares which must constitute
not less than 60 per cent of the total and must be
held by Egyptians, and "B" shares which may be held by
foreigners. ,, 3" shares up to 40 per cent of the original
capital issue were taken up by Airwork Limited, Heston,
which had an option to take up a similar proportion of any
additional capital issues. So far, however, although the
total/
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The file predominantly consists of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Egypt (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson) and the Foreign Office, with significant input from the Air Ministry. The subject matter is Britain's policy towards the development of civil aviation in Egypt; British policy being to restrict the influence of non Anglo-Egyptian companies and governments, with developments in Italian and German aviation being of particular concern. A policy given particular attention is a suggestion for closer collaboration between Imperial Airways and Misr Airwork, with a view to reserving local short-haul traffic for the latter firm. A couple of memoranda prepared on the topic by Group Captain Reginald John Bone, Director-General of Civil Aviation under the Egyptian Government, can be found on folios 91-93 and 136-139.
A note outlining an informal meeting between Sir Francis Claude Shelmerdine of the Air Ministry and Mohamed Taher Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Vice-President of Misr Airwork, at the House of Commons in July 1937 can be found between folios 23-27. Also included in the file is a letter from Kamal Eloui Bey, Managing Director of Misr Airwork, to Frederick Alan Irving Muntz dated 19 June 1937: see folios 29-33. A letter from George Beharrell, Chairman of Imperial Airways, addressed to the Foreign Office and dated 1 July 1937, can be found on folio 35.
The correspondence included in the file has been periodically forwarded to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in order to keep 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. updated on developments; none of the correspondence in the file is directly 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. .
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 (146 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 147; 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/12/2016
- Title
- Coll 5/56 ‘Air Services in the Eastern Mediterranean’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:27v, 34r:34v, 36r:90v, 94r:135v, 140r:147v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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