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Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’ [29r] (57/291)
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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mentioning that he thought the post-war fcoute would
probably be honcon-Lybda-Bahruin-Karachi. Lyoda,
he told me, is capable of taking any aircraft now
or in the future and mention of it shows that land
planes are apparently to be the transport of the future.
All my information from B.O.A.C. shows, however, that the
great land plane versus tlying-boat controversy has not
yet been finally settled.
4. I took the opportunity to tell .North, the
Air Ministry representative, that the priorities on
this air route were nothing but a racket anc crew
attention to the fact that when i went to Lelhi last
year for the investiture I was given a ’'B 1 ' priority
whereas a foreign Office typist going to Chungking
receivea "A" priority. I also mentioned that when
1 had flown to Shariah on my wav investigate the
lights at Jask a. critical load of miners! water for
the R.A.*. mess in Sharjah was tawen off the plane to
riicJce room for Rogers and mysell J I also added that
X had seen as much as 800 lbs. weight of Al ii&f ir in
Karachi airport waiting transport to Baghdad and HO lbs.
of galvanised iron trays waiting to be ilowri to H&bbaniyah
On my passage through Cairo in September 1&42 I had
previously drawn his attention to live gross scano&ls
on the plane that brought me up from Africa* he told
mo th*-.t he had some very peculiar requests made to him
from time to time but that if 1 let him know that any
particular journeys were unusually urgent he would see
that we got what we wanted, and that if passages were
required on compassionate grounds he woulc also oo his
best, but that in e&ch Case he h&d to be prepared to
st&te a case before the Air Iriorities Committee.
5. as 1 was fully informed regarding the
Reinforcement Route before i left Bush ire, I hope
it will be left to me in future to decide whether or
not journeys are necessary. /s a result oi four
years experience 1 have workeo out ton optimum itinerary
lor my sell throughout the year and make some of the
arrangements many months in advance. This sudeen Call
during *Janu£try has completely upset all my plans and
provided me with arrears of work which I have not yet
managed to dispose of.
I tun sending a copy of ♦hiB letter to feel.
Yours sincerely,
trio
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:126v, 128r:144v, back-i, 145v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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