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Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’ [57r] (113/291)
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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Wi. I7S27/075S 300 m 0-43 BPL. 3I-716S
A.M. Form 1700
SECRET
WARNING.—This cypher message must first be paraphrased if it is necessary to publish
BRITISH AGENCIES TO UNDERTAKE WORK REQUIRED BY AMERICANS
AT BAHREIN AND SHARJAH»
f a"\ Americans will undertake work at CAS TEL
BENITO, BERC.h II, TEHERAN and aBADAN.
(o) A.0.C.-iN“Q o LjiDDLE East will undertake
work at lydd/\, h\bb.\niy.\h, Bahrein and
SHARJ/\H 3 subject to possible U.S. provision
OF SIGNALS EQUIPMENT AS STATED IN F/EB BE R
'.'7 0 274 OF 11th JANUARY.
ARNOLD OF 25th January (no. y/. 1001+7 from H.Q. ETOUSA TO
AGWAR REFERS) U.S. AUTHORITIES IN MIDDLE EAST HAVE BEEN
TOLD ORALLY THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD WITH CONSTRUCTION OF
WORK THEY HAVE SPECIFIED AT CaSTEL BENITO, BERCA II,
TEHERaN and ABADAN, and ,-\.0.0. - i n-q • Middle east has be.en
INSTRUCTED TO CONFIRM THIS IN WRITING.
4. V/E INSTRUCTED A ,0 .0. ~ I N-Q . MIDDLE PAST 'THAT HIS
WRITTEN COMMUNICAT ION TO U.S. AUTHORITIES AS REGARDS
PARA.2(A) ABOVE SHOULD BE CONFINED TO CONFIRMATION OF ORAL
CONSENT ALREADY GIVEN AND SHOULD INCLUDE NO REPEAT NO
STIPULATIONS AS TO POST-WAR USER, ETC. THIS IS BECAUSE
SITES IN QUESTION ARE NOT REPEAT NOT IN BRITISH TERRITORY.
5. GENERAL QEORGE’S MESSAGE REFERRED TO IN YOUR
Marcus 1627 December 16th has in effect been answered by
C.A.S.’ s telegram referred to in para.3 above. |F you
consider it is necessary to send any further reply to
General George it should take the form of a reference to
/C.m.S.’ s
its text or to communicate it to persons outside British Government
Services and Departments. Messages marked One-Time Pad : “ O.T.P.”
are excepted from this rule.
KG
RE cd .AMCS
DESP .AMCS
0206i.f)A F p R RI I A RV 1 Q/J, _
020335a February, 1%4-
To;- RAFDEL, Washington.
FROM;- AIR MINISTRY WHITEHALL
Webber 1 - 7 .915 2nd February.
Your Marcus 1627 December 1b and Webber w .^(k
IMMEDIATE.
JANUARY 11
A.O.C. “IN-C-. MIDDLE EAST has now arranged for
2
DISTRIBUTION OF WORK IS THUS AS FOLLOWS
3
AS YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM C.A. S.’S TELEGRAM TO
Note.—In the interests of economy, both sides of this sheet should be used.
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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)
- 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 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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