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Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’ [68r] (135/609)
The record is made up of 1 file (303 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1946-26 Dec 1947. 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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i?# Th Ministry of ^Givil Vylationjare apprehensive
on this point and, while noT'wishing to' stand against the
advantage >n strategic grounds of reaching agreement with the
Americans, have asked us to safeguard the position as far as
possible. We should propose to do this by taking note in
W3p itin of the American -ssurance mentioned in paragraph U
above, and by saying orally to the Ui ited States Embassy here
that we shall feel it necessary to watch carefully the
working of the agreement on this score arid, if we find
r hat it is being abused, to request them to take steps
to put matters right as otherwise we may feel bound to
exercise our right to terminate the agreement.
6. I should propose that our eommunlcation to the
American Embassy should state that we do not want, for
obvious reasons, any formal exchange of documents and
that we should merely ask our authorities at Mellaha
airfield and at the airfields in Burma in question to
take note that the facilities axready in existence from
the war time period were to be extended until further
notice.
7. I feel it desirable to ask for your &pprovs.l
to go ahead on this basis in view of the considerations
which you had in mind when examining the arrangement very
recently made about reciprocal use of naval facilities.
When agreeing to the arrangement regarding reciprocal
naval facilities, you directed that we should not for the
time being take up the Chiefs of Staffs* desire to negotiate
for analogous reciprocal sviation facilities, but you agreed
that there was no objection to our taking note of the
readiness of the Americans, and agreeing to continue in
being certain reciprocal air facilities existing as the
result of the war time arrangements in various parts of the
world, (these appear to be mostly eonc< rned with methods
for arranging clearance of flights and permission to land).
Though the negotiation dealt with in the present minute is
a quite separate affair, what we here also, shall in effect
be granting, under conditions, is the continuation of
facilities arising out of war time arrangements. In view
of the opinion of the Chiefs of Staff that this matter is
of strategic importance to us, and of the fact that we have
been engaged on the negotiations for a long period now, I
very much hope that you will approve our proceeding in the
mariner suggested.
8. I am sending a copy of this minute to the Chiefs
of dtafx, 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.
and Burma Office and to the
Ministry of Civil Aviation.
20th December, 1946.
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The file contains papers related to negotiations for air transit rights for United States military aircraft through India and Burma. The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) had enjoyed transit rights for its aircraft for the duration of the Second World War (1939-1945), and desired to continue these rights for the duration of the military occupations of Germany and Japan. It contains aide memoires, correspondence, memoranda, and notes related to parallel negotiations between the Unites States and the governments of India and the United Kingdom (UK).
Two copies of a report –JP (46) 142 (Final)– on these proposals prepared by the Joint Planning Staff, a subcommittee of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, can be found on folios 123-135 and 137-145. They include appended maps of the route: see folios 134 and 145. A few preliminary drafts of the report can also be found within the file.
Papers relating to customs, health, and passport examination of Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft in India can be found on folios 27-39.
Towards the front of the file are a small number of papers regarding the need for the UK to enter into negotiations with the newly independent dominions of India and Pakistan in order to ensure continued air transit rights for British military aircraft.
The main correspondents in the file are as follows: officials of the Burma Office (A F Morley, and Leonard Brian Walsh-Atkins) officials of the Cabinet Office (Sir Leslie Chasemore Hollis and Lieutenant-Colonel T Haddon), officials of the Foreign Office, officials 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. , representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, and representatives of the United States in both London and New Delhi (including Waldermar John Gallman). The file also contains a number of telegrams sent to/from the Governor of Burma and the Viceroy of India.
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 (303 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 304; 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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- Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’
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- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 11r:14v, 18r:68v, 71r:79v, 81r:82v, 84r:116v, 121r:133v, 135r:144v, 146r:155v, 158r:171v, 177r:180v, 182r:205v, 210r:221v, 223r:224v, 228r:304v, back
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