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Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’ [279r] (557/609)
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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•3pok« to you recently about the U.o. Goveraaeat * a request for
bases, (or for assistance in securuig bases) in India axid Burma, which
has now been revived in the conversation which y u had with hann on
27th February.
2. As I mentioned on the telephone, we have been making enquiries to . ee
if we could identify the airfields which five Americans might have in mind;
but, notwithstaoding enquiries from the Air inistr 3 j («ho might be expected
to enow), we have been unsuccessful. I think, the re foie, that, before
we send ary jasscage to thte /iceroy asking hi* to o< ncur in tiie terms of
a temporising ires sage to ounn, we ought to go back to the Americans and
ask them to specify ore precisely the names of the four airfields in
India and nurm wi ion they have in mind, at two of which their rights
are said to be about to expire. If any prove to be in urraa itself,
it will be necessary to consult the ('rovemor as well as the /iceroy. fte
suggest th t in speaking to bum you might say th t, before considering tis
question we should like to be more certain tlian we are at present as to
the location of the airfields which are in * r. yrnes* mind and that, if
he ia anxifjus to pursue the matter, we should require to know the names
of the airfields and the tenure which the U.S. authorities now enjoy in
respect of them, l.e. when the \iaerican rights are due to expire. ithout
this information I a* afraid th t we are not in a position to take the
matter any further.
3. I may add that the Chiefs of taff, when dealing with questions
relating to defence desiderata in connection with the ia^nding
constitutional discussions in Inola, said th t it would be prefer&d that
any negotiations with a new Indian Government for bases in India should
be undertaken by . ,a. rather than by the U. Government "on its own*.
I do not suggest that you should indicate this to ikuin at this stage -
unless you should find it expedient to do so.
4. I am sending a copy of this to Jacob.
in i. Butler Gsq., C. ,G., C.V.G.,
Foreign Office,
b « I? * ^ .
Ql) £Yok
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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’
- 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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