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Coll 5/65 ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ATTACHE KABUL & LOAN OF AIR PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN GOVNT’ [90v] (180/260)
The record is made up of 1 file (128 folios). It was created in 1 Apr 1948-15 Dec 1949. 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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G. 16963O/DMH/6/48.
his pay from R,A, F. sources reconinenced with effect from the
date of leaving Afghanistan.
("b) Payment under the new National health scheme is not covered and it
will he necessary for some arrangements to be made concerning
this.
25. There is no contract for the loan of Warrant Officer Blyth or Sergeant
Hammond. It was agreed that the contract for the services of these two
N.C.O's.should be prepared by Air Ministry and submitted for agreement to the
Afghan Government. The Afghan authorities agreed that this would be
acceptable to them.
26 . A draft contract was prepared for the Squadron Leader Engineer Officer
due to leave United Kingdom shortly for Afghanistan and I took a copy of this
draft contract to Afghanistan. The basis of this contract was that the
officer should be paid from Air Force funds and the Afghan Government would
subsequently reimburse the Air Ministry. This proposal was unacceptable to
the Afghan Government because of their system of contracts, and it was
therefore necessary to re-draft the contract. __ Due to lack of time, this
could not be done before I left, but agreement in principle was reached.con
cerning the terms of service for this officer, and a new contract is now
being prepared by Air Ministry for submission to the Afghan Government.
27. A similar contract must be prepared for the N.C.O. Fitter Instructor
also due to.leave United'Kingdom shortly.
Social A meneties .
28 . The Afghan Government do not acknowledge that any si^ecial provision
should be made for married personnel and the pay offered is the same whether
the officer or airman is married or not. It is therefore desirable x’rom
this point of view that only unmarried personnel should be sent to Afghanistan
but this is offset by the lack of social amenities for the unmarried officer
or airman. H.M. Ambassador stated that hitherto he had considered it
undesirable for unmarried personnel to be sent to Afghanistan, but that as
the European population had, since the end of the war, increased, this was
not now the stumbling block it was.
AH'IIKESTAATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
Responsibility of Air Adviser to the U.K,-High Commissioner in Pakistan.
29. Wing Commander McWhannell, the Air Adviser to the United Kingdom High
Commissioner for Pakistan, who accompanied me on my tour was present at all
the meetings referred to above. It was agreed that, in order that a senior
R.A,F. officer might be available at short notice to assist in advising
H.M. Ambassador in Kabul on natters of R.A.F. discipline, welfare and
administration, that Wing Commander McWhannell could supervise on behalf of
the Air Ministry the R.A.F. personnel in Afghanistan. This would necessi
tate infrequent visits, at not more than three to four months intervals,
when problems encountered by the R.A.F. personnel could be brought to his
notice and arrangements could be made on the spot to overcome any
difficulties.
30 . This proix>sal was welcomed by H.M. Ambassador and the Military Attache,
Kabul and the Acting Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi, as it was felt
thht such a liaison might assist in bringing the Afghan and Pakistan
authorities in closer touch. The Military Attache, Kabul.suggested that
eventually the Air Adviser might become officially accredited as Air
Attache to the Afghan Government. It was apparent, however, that this
I arrangement could only work provided that Wing Commander KcWhanndll had an
/ aircraft
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The file is predominantly concerned with plans for the supervision of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working for the Afghan Air Force at Kabul. This includes the drafting of a directive for Wing Commander P A McWhannel, the Air Adviser attached to the UK High Commission to Pakistan at Karachi, outlining the responsibilities he is to assume over the aforementioned personnel. The file also contains an application from McWhannel for an aircraft to be made available to facilitate regular visits to Kabul: see folios 12-15.
Another significant topic covered by the file is a request from the Government of Pakistan for a copy of a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force; the Air Ministry had prepared a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force at the request of the Afghan Government. A copy of an abridged version of this plan is included in the file: see folios 52-66.
A report by Wing Commander A R L Griffiths on his visit to Afghanistan (24-28 May 1948) has also been filed: see folios 88-93. This reports on the Afghan Air Force and the role of RAF personnel. It also tackles the question of supplying an aircraft for the use of the Air Adviser at Karachi.
The main correspondents are: HM Minister/Ambassador at Kabul (Giles Frederick Squire), the UK High Commissioner to Pakistan (Sir Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office, and officials of the Foreign Office.
On the inside front cover can be found a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year.
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- 1 file (128 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. At the beginning of the correspondence is a set of file notes: see folios 118-129. Serial numbers in black, blue, and red ink, which occur throughout the file refer to entries in the notes.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 129; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 5/65 ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ATTACHE KABUL & LOAN OF AIR PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN GOVNT’
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- front, front-i, 2r:129v, back-i, back
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