Coll 5/88 ‘Persian Gulf Air Services: "Air India" Service and "Iraqi Airways" Service to Koweit’ [‎9r] (17/177)

, 1p MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION,
TEMPLE BAR 2466, Ext. M.'f
Correspondence on the subject ol j£t ARIEL HOUSE,
this letter should be addressed to
THE SECRETARY, STRAND,
MINISTRY OF CIVIL f LONDON, W.C.2.
AVIATION, <1 b
and should quote the reference ^ -C) 5th November' ^7
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Dear Hallows,
Please refer to your letter to Low No«Ext«1929/47
of the 11th September regarding the request for landing rights
at Koweit for a Syrian airline on a weekly service Damascus -
Baghdad - Dhahran.
2. Yfe have no objection to permission being given
ht» 1; /provided it is clearly understood that this is not a designated
I airfield, and that the airline will have to arrange with the
/Koweit Oil Company for any facilities they require.
Koweit is not British territory nor is it a protectorate, but
■ it is under the protection of H.M.G-*, and since we have the right
to maintain an airfield there, and to grant authority for foreign
aircraft to use it, we have been considering whether it would not
'ac lv-n, ^e appropriate to require that such requests should come through
the diplomatic channel. The question presents a number of
difficulties, and on the whole, unless the Foreign Office think
otherwise, we are of the opinion that the present request at any
rate could be dealt with in an informal manner by the political
resident on the lines suggested.
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3. I am sending a copy of this letter to Edden at the
Foreign Office, in case they wish to comment on the matter
of procedure.
l-b Yours sincerely,
, [(^lli
P. I. Hallows Esq.,
COMMONWEALTH RELATIONS OFFICE,
King Charles Street,
Whitehall,
S.W.1
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