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Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’ [60v] (120/345)
The record is made up of 1 file (171 folios). It was created in 30 May 1932-16 Jul 1934. 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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our information on the subject is rather meagre, and it is-
suggested therefore that in dealing v/ith the company care
should be taken to allow as much scope as possible for
future developments, in other words, that our hands should
be left as free 9 . 3 ..possible to increase or extend our*
facilities 4-f, found necessary at a later date* In this
connection it is possible that the suggested♦wording of the
safeguarding clause (5) in the G-overnment Agreement, mentioned
on page 2 of Walton's letter, which says "any sites which may
have been selected" would not give us a sufficiently free hand
to extend or increase air facilities, if it should eventually
be necessary to do so. We discussed this point recently and
’you agreed it should be possible to arrange for wording of
this clause in a manner which would meet both the Company's
and our requirements. Will you please let us know what you
would suggest?
As far as can be seen at present our requirements
will be limited to two landing grounds.
•
(a) Doha if it is found to be good enough, or
failing that the next best alternative, as our
main landing ground.
(b) Karaana, if one can be found there, or alternatively
some other advanced landing ground in the vicinity
of that place.
I am afraid v/e cannot define our requirements
more precisely than this until it has been possible to carry
out a thorough reconnaissance on the ground to examine these
and possibly other likely sites. Perhaps you would consider
the possibility of our being given permission to do this.
4. We understand you are now considering the
desirability of offering the Sheikh a guarantee of protection
against external aggression in exchange for concessions on his
part, and if anything comes of this it will be essential for
us to be given an opportunity of examining likely Sites on
the ground (xor landplanes and flying boats) before committing
ourselves definitely on the subject. Any change in the
existing policy, which added to our commitments in the matter
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Qatar, if an offer of British protection is to be made to the Shaikh of Qatar in return for an oil concession for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). In respect of this second topic, the file also contains material regarding a reconnaissance undertaken by the Royal Air Force over Qatar on the 9 May 1934 to identify suitable sites for such facilities. It includes a copy of a report on the reconnaissance – submitted by Bomber Squadron No 84, Shaibah, Iraq – on folios 27-32, along with a tracing of Qatar (folio 7) and a number of aerial photographs (folios 8-22) referenced in the report.
A draft copy of the Qatar Oil Concession can be found on folios 93-101, and notes of amendments proposed by the British Government can be found on folios 80-89. In addition, a number of 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. memoranda have also been included towards the back of the file: El Qatar, 1908-16 (folio 167), The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Chiefs, 1908-28 (folios 168-71), and a Précis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 164-67).
The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, officials of the Air Ministry, and 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. .
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 (171 folios)
- Arrangement
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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 173; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1956
- Title
- Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 23r:92v, 102r:172v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence