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Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’ [28r] (55/291)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 30 Nov 1943-9 Jul 1945. 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 .I^iQ . 166»
The Re^iaeficy ,
' .'«»»■ ■anw.rrr.v.rwcH.'^.'CT- rriwirmrmmm
Buehire, Uie 27th February
1944.
I ao not knov^ if you are expecting me to send in
ahy report of my visit to the air authorities in the
1 idcle .bast, but the iect is that there is next to nothing
to tell you. As 1 mentionec before, the senior ir taff
Officer, 1 ers ia i no Iraq Coiimiana, ctjiie to Busnire ;.>nc e,ave
me lull oetails oi the projects ana Uiere *as nothing ne^
to be learnt in Oairo. In fact the Air Ofiicer Commanding
in Chief knev* very little ixbout the Re ini ore ament Route
as it v. as uealt * ith by the Air Officer acminis tration,
out the latter told me that although the Americans hac made
continued efforts to take over the reinforcement arrange
ments it had been decided definitely anc finally that the
R.A.k. shoulc do it themselves. tolc me that he
thought the completion cate 1 ixec ty them, k^^rch Ibth, Aas
far too early ana sever;! months aheac oi theirs and had
celioerately been j.ut forward in order to emb? rrass them.
2 . 1 lunched v. ith the Air Oliicer Commancing in Chief
ana faet him on a couple oi other occasions. he is
^ir heith lark v^no commanced. at kal ta curing tr^e olitz and
iounc his present post very quiet in contrast. ne is an
ex-gunner, ana helps to coni irm a taeory that 1 have Iona
helc. that oi all the officers who »• ent to the Royal flying
Corps the gunners most distinguiehec themselves. He has
very kinoly oiierec to (lace his ovn plane at tne disposal
of the Sultan of muscat, to bring him from Bhofar, and will
also arrange a progrRiune for him when he gets to Cairo.
0
5 . I had some difficulty in tracking oo^n exactly
who dealt with the Civil Aviation t ueries you sent ms
(the attached copy ol your telegram as first cecodec in
Cairo will interest you) tnc leunt that the minister of
State’s oil ice ana the R. A.F. knew nothing about it.
eventually 1 aiccoverec that the Air Ministry’s represen
tative hac dealt with it anc he gave me the version
i have quotec. l cannot guarantee that he «»as entirely
sincere or cancic in what he tolc uie, as it is not con-
siaereo a gooo thing to give ini ormation to Government oi
India representatives. He asked me how it effected us
(in other words what hao to do with it) and I mentioneo
that B.O.A.C. at present reliec on two oi our States to
provide them with *1 *»nd and sea f * i i ti es. He agreed
that they woulc probably get all the air transport they
required in the future without having to p/y for it, but
was doubtful whether dharjah *oulc eventually be much
used. He snec. some interesting li^ht on iuture plans by
mentioning /
0 i r ox at Caroe, h. C. 1. B. , 0 . S. X • ,I.C.o«
Secretary to the Goverrmient oi liidia,
external affairs department,
kew Delhi.
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The file contains papers related to the provision of facilities for the United States Air Transport Command at both Bahrain and Sharjah. This includes policy and strategy discussions over how best to maintain British control of the Arabian Coast Air Route; British planners feared that the United States might use facilities, built using American personnel and finance, as a lever for post-war concessions in civil aviation. It therefore includes correspondence related to the leasing of land, and the construction of buildings, by the Royal Air Force (RAF) for the use of the United States.
A map showing Bahrain Oil Company (BAPCO) establishments in Bahrain can be found on folio 127, and a table showing the facilities required by the United States can be found on folio 102.
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. (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Tom Hickinbotham), officials of the Air Ministry, 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. (Roland Tennyson Peel, Francis Anthony Kitchener Harrison, and Dennis Mackrow Cleary), officers of Air Headquarters in Iraq, and representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government 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 (144 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 145; 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 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’
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- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:126v, 128r:144v, back-i, 145v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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