Coll 5/63 ‘Petroleum Development (Qatar) Ltd: Proposed construction of aerodrome on western side of Qatar’ [‎15r] (29/113)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
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Dated
New Delhi
■r-ythe 23rd November, 1945.
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To
Repeated
Political, Bahrain.
Retaxandum, London
Foreign, New Delhi.
Political, Muscat.
Use of Aircraft by Petroleum Concessions. Ltd
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In continuation of last sentence of my Express Letter
No. 937-8, dated the 19th November, 1945.
Please inform Petroleum Concessions, Limited,
(a) that the Cultan of Muscat has no objection to the use
of the beit al Falaj aerodrome by the Company*s aircraft,
(b) that the Company should approach the Royal Air Force,
by whom the aerodrome is maintained, through the Air Liaison
Officer, Bahrain, for permission to use the landing ground,
and for information regarding its serviceability and the types
of aircraft for whicn it is suitable, and
(c) that the Sultan has requested that the Company should
approach him direct in such matters, to which course no
political oojection is seen, but that it is incumbent on the
Company to keep 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. informed.
2. Viith regard to (b) above please inform the Royal Air
Force through the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain, that there is
no political objection to the use of the aerodrome by the
Company.
*?SG3* !s *1.
4- DEC1945
niA OFFICE!
Sd. GEOFFREY PRIOR.
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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
for Secretary to the Political (S jq*w t Hre \
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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