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Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’ [139r] (277/609)
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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("b) regnrds territory under British
aduinistration 9 the airfields should be on
a recognised R«A.F. route, the actual
airfields to be used being subject to
agreement 0
(c)
(b)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Li the seale and type of traffic the Auiericans
propose is such that it would lead to an
increased coauitnent for us either in
personnel or construction, 3 uch increases
i.iust be subject to British agreement and
American readiness to make an adequate
unancial contribution 0
I'he iuoericans would normally utilise the
radio air traffic control, meteorological
facilities and aids to navigation provided,
iney would not instal their ovm equipment or
organisation to supplement these services and
facilities except by agreement.
Ine Americans should state clearly the sca.le of
traffic they envisage would normally use the
route. They should agree to a stated period
of notice to be given for any exceptional
scale of traffic.
Customs regulations affecting our own personnel,
stores and equipment should apply equally to
the Americans.
In view of the uncertainty of political
developments in the countries concerned,
clause should be inserted to allow the
agreement to be terminated at six months f
notice.
a
Tiie Ministry of Civil Aviation regard it as important
that sub-paragraphs 7(a) and (d) should be fully safe
guarded in any .military air transit agreement with the
Americans. The Ministry is in agreement with the sub-
paragraphs as now drafted.
R e cipr o c al • Miyhts
8 . The Foreign Office expect some difficulty in our
obtaining reciprocal rights in return for granting the
American request. Rhile the grant of such rights would
be advantageous to us in the future, we have no immediate
requirements for them. t*e do not therefore consider
that this should be made a condition but we should
express the hope to the Americans that such requests
irom us, should the necessity arise, would receive
sympathetic consideration.
w'e do not. believe that on the military level there
would be’ any difficulty in obtaining reciprocal rights.
In this connection, local agreement has been reached,
whereby Australian and hew Zealand aircraft make
o.S. controlled airfields in the Philippines and
Japanese islands en route to Japan.
use of
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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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