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'File 6/10 III Air Agreements' [‎8r] (15/706)

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The record is made up of 1 file (351 folios). It was created in 5 Jan 1940-15 Dec 1946. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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944097/39/C* 0 *i•
AIR MIrll3TRY ,
IT. A. C. Headquarters ?
25 ? Julian Road,
Stoke Bishop,
Bristol, 9.
27th ITovenlber, 1939.
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I am directed "by the Secretary of State for Air to
refer^to Air Ministry letter of 19th August, S•55430/C.P*2*
re gaming the effect of the British Overseas Airways Act,
1939.
2« Section 9 of that ct provides that as from the
appointed day" the undei'takings of Imperial Airv/ays Ltd. ,
and^ British ijirv/ays Ltd., together v/ith their rights and
liabilities, shall he transferred to and vested in the
British Overseas Airways Corporation.
3 . ^ The services operated by these two Ccmpanies will,
as irom the '’appointed day 1 ', be taken over and operated
by the Corporation and sir Kingsley wood has had under
review the Agreements with the various Sheikhs in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. which confer rights on Imperial Airways.
p* The attached memorandum indicates the Clauses in the
various Agreements which contain specific references to
Imperial airways and which should, strictly speaking,
require amendment in favour of the Cornoration.
o. Sir Kingsley .mod will be glad if, subject to the
Marquis of Zetland’s concurrence, 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 she Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. may bo advised that the Corporation
will take over the services of Imperial Airways? in order
that he may sake such action as is considered necessary
with the 3 heikhs.
6. The H appointed day 4 ’ has not yet been fixed but the
exact date will be notified to you later.
I am, etc.
(Sd) wm. 3. Hildred.
The Under Secretary of State,
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. ,
London,
S.W.l.

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This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the establishment, maintenance and control of air routes across the various Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the papers relate to Kuwait, but some also cover air agreements between the British Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the emirates of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

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1 file (351 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 353; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-282; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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