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Coll 5/84(4) ‘Middle East Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’ [14v] (27/107)
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. 8071.
3
- BXT
seeins to depend on the decision of the U#S, Reconstruction and Finance
Corporation over the $40,000,000 loan (see paragraph 4- of Middle East
rvSummary No* 5). ^ All commercial banks have refused T*W. A., a loan. The
G-cvemment loan in its turn maybe conditional on a change of management:
apparently Howard Hughes, co-founder with Jack Frye of T.W.A. and holder of
4o/o of the^outstanding common stock of the company, fell out with Frye and
left to join Kaiser*s: the Reconstruction and Finance Corporation may insist
on this outstanding rift being settled in one way or another.
53* ^ On the 17th of January a K.L.M. delegation left the Hague to
negotiate agreements with Iraq and Iran en route to India,
Turkey
54-. According to a report in "Aeroplane" of 3rd January two
Beechcraft D-18 all-metal transports (the civil version of the Expediter),
modified for photo survey work, have been bought by the Turkish Government.
A Beechcraft pilot will stay for several months in Turkey to supervise training
and instruction.
Services presently operated by D.H.i". are shown below. The figures in
parenthesis denote the weekly frequency.
Ankara - Istanbul - Bursa - Izmir - Afyon - Ankara ( 6 )
Ankara - Istanbul ( 6 )
.Ankara - Sivas - Elazig - Erzurum (3)
Ankara - Konya - Antalya - Afyon (3)
Ankara - Malatya - D.Bakir - Van (3)
Sunsum - Ankara - Adana (3)
Adana - Iskenderun ( 3 )
Ankara - Kayseri - G.Antep - Urfa - B. Bakir - Elazig (3)
56. On 31st January P.A.A. inaugurated a weekly service from.
New York to Ankara via Gander, Rineahna and London. The flight from London
to Ankara (2,1 e9 miles) was flown non-stop. After spending the night at
Ankara the aircraft made the return journey the next day,
Lebanon
57. The following services are operated by Middle East Airlines
(El Hoss) with D. H. Rapides: •
Beirut - Lydda ( 9 )
Lydda - Cairo ( 6 )
Beirut - Nicosia ( 3 )
Beirut - Haifa - Nicosia ( 3 )
. Beirut - Baghdad (1)
58. . The Lebanese-Air France conpany La Conpa&uie G&n&rale de Transport
(C.G.T,) operate four times a week from Beirut to Cairo (Almaza) and once a
week from Beirut to Baghdad.
59. A signals representative from B.O.A.C. recently visited Lebanon and
reported that civil meteorological, telecommunications and aeradio facilities
are being adequately operated, but that there is a serious lack of trained
Air Traffic Control Officers,
Syria
6JO. There is nothing further to report.
/Iran
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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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- Title
- Coll 5/84(4) ‘Middle East Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’
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- front, front-i, 2r, 2r, 3v, 3r, 4v, 4r, 5v, 5r, 6v, 6r, 7v, 7r, 8v, 8r, 9v, 9r, 10v, 10r, 11v, 11r, 12v, 12r, 13v, 13r, 14v, 14r, 15v, 15r, 16v, 16r, 17v, 17r, 18v, 18r, 19v, 19r, 20v, 20r, 21v, 21r, 22v, 22r, 23v, 23r, 24v, 24r, 25v, 25r, 26v, 26r, 27v, 27r, 28v, 28r, 29v, 29r, 30v, 30r, 31v, 31r, 32v, 32r, 33v, 33r, 34v, 34r, 35v, 35r, 36v, 36r, 37v, 37r, 38v, 38r, 39v, 39r, 40v, 40r, 41v, 41r, 42v, 42r, 43v, 43r, 44v, 44r, 45v, 45r, 46v, 46r, 47v, 47r, 48v, 48r, 49v, 49r, 50v, 50r, 51v, 51r, 52v, 52r, 53v, 53v, back
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