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'File 6/10 III Air Agreements' [‎29v] (58/706)

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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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Ch. 61. British Overseas Ainvays 2 & 3 Geo. 6.
Act , 1939.
THIRD SCHEDULE.
V
Section 8. PROVISIONAL CONTRACTS FOR THE ACQUISITION BY THE
Corporation of the Undertakings of Imperial
Airways Limited and British Airways Limited.
I. Contract for the acquisition of the undertaking of
Imperial Airways Limited.
AN AGREEMENT made the ninth day of June One
thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine BETWEEN
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LIMITED whose registered office is at
Airway Terminus Victoria Station in the County of London
(hereinafter called “ the Vendor Company ) of the one part
and THE SOLICITOR FOR THE AFFAIRS OF HIS
MAJESTY’S TREASURY as trustee for and on behalf of
the proposed Corporation hereinafter referred to (the said
proposed Corporation and The Solicitor for the Affairs
of His Majesty’s Treasury being hereinafter referred to as
“ the Purchaser ”) of the other part.
WHEREAS the Vendor Company was established for the
purpose of instituting and has since carried on the business of
the transport of passengers and freight by air between Great
Britain the British Dominions and Colonies and Dependencies
and foreign countries:
And whereas it is intended that the Corporation shall
be known as the British Overseas Airways Corporation and shall
be constituted by Act of Parliament for the purpose of acquiring
the undertaking and assets of the Vendor Company and wi^^
certain exceptions of British Airways Limited :
Now IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows :—
1. The Vendor Company shall sell and the Purchaser shall
purchase all the undertaking and assets of the Vendor Company
together with the benefit of all Contracts and goodwill and
subject to all debts and liabilities of the Vendor Company out
standing at the appointed day hereinafter referred to.
2. The Purchaser shall pay satisfy discharge and fulfil all the
debts liabilities contracts and engagements of the Vendor Company
outstanding at the appointed day and shall indemnify the Vendor
Company against all proceedings claims and demands in respect
thereof.
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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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