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Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’ [274r] (547/609)
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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mam
INDIA Or FIGS,
WHTfiSB/LLL,
S.W.1.
29 th llaroh, 1946,
Mai^y thanks for y w latter of 22nd March giving the names of the four
airfields in India and Burma at which the U.3 # authorities are seeking to
retain ri -hts of air transit, including maintenancse for aiilitary use.
2. We have o<j«e tq t(ie ooxiolusion that, as Lord alifax remarked to ^r.
Byrnes wnen the latter raised the question on 26th r’ebru ry, the matter is
clearly one which cannot be taken further without consultation with the
rovermient of India, i.e. the Viceroy and the O-in-C.
3. As you know, the question has been mentioned only in private
correspondence between the ieoretary of htate and the Viceroy in Lwceaber
last, and it will now be necessary for Mr* Henderson to take the matWr up
with Lord Wavell in a sinilar way. In view also of the relation which the
Vasrioan request has to future constitutional developments in India, we
think that Lord Wavell will certainly wish to discuss the natter with the
Cabinet f4ission. Tha Burma Office will be writing to you separately in
regard to an approach to be made to the Governor who has not hitherto been
apprised of the United States wish to secure rights at angaladon.
4 . m therefore propose th&t Mr. Henderson should new send to the Viceroy
by air mail (we think that the full story is rather too long to telegraph;
a co y of the reoord of the conversation between iXinn and evils Butler
on 27th February uni the relevant passages ia the first three paragraphs
from Washington telegram 1264 of the same date.
5. We would advise Ir. Henderson, if you concur, that he might suggest tc
the Viceroy tlv t a reply should be given to ! r. Byrnes by the Smbassy to the
effect that will certainly enter into consultation with the U.S.
Government with regard to the facilities now enjoyed by the jerican military
authorities at the three airfields in India (i.e. those specified in your
letter of 22nd March), but that they will not be able to commit any future
Indian overrunent in idiom control of these airfields may vest as a result
of the constitutional changes now envisaged
6 . This is as far as we think that the Government of India can be asked to
go at the present moment j and even this, we think, could not well be said
until the matter has been explained to the viceroy and he has had an
/opportunity
Haul i^uson £sq.,
roreign Office,
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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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