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Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’ [129r] (257/609)
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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x,.,. _G jyui' Ln ii. r .. ; r ; Uonclitions . We h°ve exarjined
the cunditions which the Governnent of India have proposed
to the Americans for military air transit rights. These
are in general in line with those we heave set out in
paragraph 7. above* with the following exceptions s-
(a) The Indian Government have not specifically
mentioned a prohibition on carrying fare-
paying passengers.
(b; The Indian Government makes no mention of a
possible American liability for financial
assistance.
(c) The Indian Government make no mention of an
agreed scale of traffic.
(d) We have proposed that the agreement should be
terminable at six months’ notice* while the
Indian draft limits the agreement to six months
in the first instcoace.
(e) The Government of India state that they require
reciprocal rights for Indian military aircraft
to use .merican udliti ry airfields as a
condition for granting the U.S. request for
military air transit rights. We do not
propose to insist on this.
Burma
.lo. The u.S. Government desires to use Mingaladon
airfield* near Rangoon* for their military air route.
It should be noted that this airfield will take heavy
bombers in emergency only; normally* it is limited to
twin-engined aircraft and extensive strengthening
would be required if this airfield were to be improved
for regular use by heavy bombers.
CONCLUSIONS
14. From the strategic point of view it is of
considerable importance to us that the negotiations with
the U.S. Government should, proceed and that the U.S.
request should De granted. We should* therefore* wish
the Foreign Office to take the matter up with the U.S.
Government welcoming the proposal insofar as territories
for which we can commit ourselves are concerned. These
are Tripolitania and* subject to the agreement of the
Burma Office in consultation with the Government of Burma*
Burma.
we consider that in relation to the above two
territories the Foreign Office should indicate our
willingness to negotiate on the basis of the conditions
set out in paragraph 7 above. As regards Tripolitania
from a military point of view we are not averse to
allowing the Americans to continue to use their own
airfield* but if the Ministry of Civil ^yiation feels
strongly that this should not be ceded we can accept the
U.S. military traffic at Castel Benito.
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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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