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Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’ [159r] (317/609)
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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United states Array Air Pbrces aircraft may enter India at
Mauripur In the west or Barrackpore or Kharagpur In the
east, and Agra may be used for Intermediate landings.
(Naturally any aerodrome may be used m an emergency.)
The Government of India win be glad If night stops Ire
confined to one particular airfield which should be
designated, and If 48 hours' notice of each flight Is
given to Air Headquarters (India). The same facilities
as are available to the Air Fbrces In India In respect of
servicing, accommodation, messing and transport will then
available to the United States Array ..ir Forces aircraft
at these airfields, and the standard practice applicable to
Royai Air Force military aircraft as regards mstoms,
health and passport examination win be applied, it Is
suggested that details be finalised by a representative of
the united states Army Air Forces with Air Headcparters
(indla). This arrangement win be temporary and for 6
months In the first Instance,
3. Pending the conclusion of a civil Aviation Agreement,
the Government of India are prepared to negotiate a provi
sional agreement to cover scheduled flights by T«a and
PnNaivi in accordance with the terms communicated In their
letter No. d. 4437-FWR/45 dated the 3rd January 1S46 and
on condition that these flights win terminate at Karachi!
The provisional agreement win be negotiated for a period
of three months only, subject to renewal by agreement for
further periods of three months tin the conclusion of a
final civil Aviation Agreement, it is suggested that the
first period of three months should commence one month
after the evacuation of the last airfield by the United
States military authorities, i.e., on the 25th July 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (303 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 (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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2054
- Title
- Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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