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Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’ [‎95r] (189/291)

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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Desire oi‘ H S« Air Force to construct
additional facilities at Bahrein and
HU~>.
Please see the minutes flagged X and Y. The matter
was discussed at a meeting at the Air Ministry on oaturaay
January 1st, and as a result the attached draft telegram has
now been sent to us by the Air Ministry for our concurrence.
It will be see* that the Air Ministry have accepted our point
of view as to the importance of retaining the construction
of all facilities so far as possible in our own hands at
Bahrein and Sharjah. They feel that there is good hope$
that we should be able to do this although the erection of
American type radio installation required by the d. S. air
Force must be left to the latter, since they are the only
persons technically qualified to install it. Failing our
being able to undertake from tfee R.A.F. resources the major
part of the construction required at Bahrein and Sharjah,
the Air Ministry agree that as a second-best proposition,
the possibility of diverting the Americans to the Persian
Coast route should be further considered. It was made clear
at the meeting that we cannot question the Americans
proposals on the grounds that the installations required are
unnecessary, and the Treasury representative made it clear that
to depart^from the usual lease-lend
procedure by offering to pay for the insolations ourselves.
Two further telegrams from 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.
(Nos. 255 3 and No.8) are attached. We will deal with these
as soon as the Air Ministry's telegram has been finally
approved and despatched. It will, of course, be necessary
•f.n let 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. and the Government of India know
development/

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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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