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Coll 5/56 ‘Air Services in the Eastern Mediterranean’ [6r] (11/295)
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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total capital has heen increased from £E.20,000 to
^E. 30,000, the holding of Airworlt Heston remains at
£E3,0Q0, or only 10 per cent instead of the original
40 per cent. It seems important to ensure that the
"balance of the ,f B H shares, which may technically he held
by foreigner’s, are not taken up by other foreign interests.
If the Egyptian Government agree as to the urgency of
obtaining some safeguard that this important example of
Anglo-Egypt!an co-operation shall not lose its purely
Anglo-Egyptian character, the matter is one in which their
view would undoubtedly carry great weight with Talaat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Harb.
4. The second urgent matter relates to the reservation
to Misr Airwork of a short haul area with the object of
justifying the Egyptian Government in refusing permission
to foreign air lines to operate services to Egypt other
than genuine transit services which would be kept to
certain definite routes. His Majesty^ Government agree
with the Egyptian Government in considering the reservation
of such an area to Misr Airwork very desirable. It is
probable, however, that any announcement of such reservation
would immediately provoke demands for reciprocity
from countries within the area contemplated, and, in view
of the fact that Misr Airwork may not at the present time
be in a position to operate services on a sufficient scale,
the rejection of such demands might be difficult to
justify. It may be preferable, therefore, to make no
announcement until such time as Misr Airwork are in a
position effectively to compete with foreign lines in the
short/
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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.
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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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- Open Government Licence