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Coll 5/32 ‘Air-route to India (Arab Coast): Possibility of establishing a landing ground on Das Island’ [2r] (3/14)
The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 10 Jan 1934-29 Mar 1934. 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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Con fident ia l,
J9 3o4*fic€ of the -n^litical resident
in the Persian (iulf
D>Q.i^o.C/145 of 1934
CAMP, hAHKAIW»
29th March 1934
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Please refer to your desni-offi cial letter
.No* • Z• 1222/34, dated the 1st March 1934, regarding
the possibility of using Das island,
in the circumstances mentioned I see no
advantage in taking the matter farther.
i am sending a copy of this letter
to Metcalfe.
G. Laithwaite Ssquire,
I'he mdia Office
London
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The file contains correspondence between John Gilbert Laithwaite of 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. , Harold Spencer Kerby of the Air Ministry, and Trenchard Craven William Fowle as 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It documents the decision not to proceed with using Das Island as an emergency landing ground.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (5 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; 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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1983
- Title
- Coll 5/32 ‘Air-route to India (Arab Coast): Possibility of establishing a landing ground on Das Island’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence