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Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’ [121r] (241/609)
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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OUTWARD TELEGRAM
CYPHER TgLEGBi'VM (0. T. P ■ ) ,
Secretary of State for. Burma
Governor of Burma
Despatched 21,00 hours, 10th August 1946«
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For Governor. My telegram 2460 of the 16th June, New.
proposals cf AmericanGoverrment (dated 16th.May) there stated
to pe under consideration by Chiefs of Staff are for right of air
transit and technical stop for U.S. military aircraft, for period
during which United States has occupation forces in Germany and
Japan, along route from Liberia to In&o-China. Americans have
since made it clear that full control will be exercised in the
airfields by Governments of territories concerned. Territories
in which K.M.G. are directly interested along this route are
Tripolitan!a, India and Burma. .Americans are already in direct
negotiations with the Government of India.
2. Chiefs of Staff are in principle in favour of granting the
Americans military transit rights on any established R.A.F* route
subject to necessary safeguards and have recommended that an early
reply should be given to U,S. Government welcoming the proposal
as"a whole, granting the American request as regards Tripolitania
and Burma under conditions set out in following paragraph and
expressing willingness to use our good offices with the
Government of India to enaole a similar agreement to be
negotiated with them if U.3* Government so desire^ Reply will
express hope that reciprocal requests from us*, should the
necessity arise, would receive sympathetic,American consideration,
3o Conditions referred to for inclusion in any military
aviation transit agreement are:-
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d):
Rights granted to Americans should he confined to
military aircraft bearing appropriate military markings,
manned.by military aircrews in uniform•and performing
military duties. As from October 24th next, these
aircraft should carry only non-fare-paying official
passengers travelling on duty.
Airfields should be on a recognised R..A*B\ route,
actual airfields to be used being subject to agreement.
If scale and type of traffic Americans propose is such
that it would lead to increased commitment for us
either in personnel or construction, such increases
must be subject to British agreement and American
readiness to make an adequate financial contribution.-
Americans would normally utilise radio air traffic
control, .meteorological facilities and aids to
navigation provided.’ They would not install their
own equipment or organisation to supplement these
services and'facilities except by agreement.
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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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- Title
- 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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