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Coll 5/84(4) ‘Middle East Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’ [‎6r] (12/107)

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The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 28 Oct 1946-6 Jan 1948. 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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CIV. 10645
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(ii) Cairo/jodda/p rt Sudan/i*srnara/Kajnaran/t*den
*
(iii) Cairo/toiartoum/dsmara/dden/4iargcisa/dddis ..baba.
(iv) Cairo/Khart oun/Nairobi.
Services (i) (ii) and (iii) are to bo reviev/ed every three months in""'*''
the liaht of commercial results.
SUD.;N:
141 . The scheme for the .improvement of the aerodrome at Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. S^idna is
being put in hand as an urgent measure sc that it will be roady to accomodate
the Tudor aircraft as soon ns they can be put into service on the East ..frican •
route.
TR..NS-JOKLUN :
142. There is nothing further to report.
IRtiQ:
143i The latest informat ion from Baghdad, indicates that the Iraqi
Government have now given the United States Airlines temporary permission to
operate through Iraq "under the same conditions as they enjoy under the
United States - Lebanon Civil Air Agreement", that is to say under Bermuda
conditions. Paragraph 114 of Middle East Summary No. 7 refers.
PALESTINE:
144. Czechoslovak State ..irlinos have been granted pemission to land in
Palestine on a twice-weekly service over tho route Prague/lstanbul/x.nkara/
Lydda•
PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. :
145. The problem of serving Bahrein both from the United Kingdom and India
(See para 122 of Middle East Summary No. 7 ) has been, resolved by the
operation of British Overseas airways Corporation Plying-boat services as
under:-
(i) Poole/t/Iarseillos/Augusta(night-stop)/Cairo(night-Stcp)/Basra/Bahrein.
Date of commencement ex-Poole 2nd May; ex-Bahrein 8th May.
(ii) 'Bahrein/Karachi (Shuttle service).
Date of commencement - cx-Bahrein 5th May; ex-Karachi 8th May.
Both services are operated weekly with Plymouth Flying-boats.
146. Two proposals are under consideration for the grant of operating rights
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. :-
(i) A trice-weekly service by Air India Ltd. over the route
Karachi/ Jiwani/l Sharjah/Bahrein/Kuwait /Basra/Baghdad.
(ii) A thrice; -weekly service by Iraqi Airways, operating by arrangement
with the Kuwait Oil Company, between Basra and Kuwait .
Since the airfield at Kuwait was evacuated by the Royal Air Force more
than a year ago, limited facilities have been provided by the Kuwait Oil
Company. As neither the Royal Air Force nor Ministry of Civil Aviation have

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The file contains copies of Ministry of Civil Aviation Middle East Intelligence Summaries – Numbers 1 to 8 – which have been supplied 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 summaries cover independent countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia), sovereignties previously under British Mandate or influence (Egypt, Sudan, Trans-Jordan, and Iraq), territories under British Mandate or protection (Palestine and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Shaikhdoms), British Colonies (Cyprus and the Aden Protectorate), and occupied territories under British military administration (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Eritrea).

The subject matter is developments, and proposals for developments, in civil aviation in the Middle East and surrounding regions. This includes the attitude of local governments to civil aviation, and the position of Britain's international competitors in civil aviation. Details related to the formation of airlines, and frequency of operating services are included.

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 (52 folios)
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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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folios with 53; 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.

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

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