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Coll 5/84(5) ‘FLIGHTS BY FRENCH MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER India & BURMA EN ROUTE for SAIGON’ [‎114r] (227/394)

The record is made up of 1 file (195 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1947-31 Dec 1947. 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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February 8, 1947'
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Thank you for your letter No. EXT
5398/47 of the 3rd February. I had
already spoken to a member of the French
Embassy in the sense of the second
paragraph of the Viceroy’s telegram, and
have now confirmed to him that neither
His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom nor the Viceroy would have any
objection to direct communication on this
subject between the French Representative
in India and the External Affairs Department.
I am copying this letter to Gibson and to
ycHM* Captain Lane at the Air Ministry,
together with relevant correspondence with
Paris and with the Burma Office.
C * s ~
E.P. Donaldson Esq_. ,
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. .

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The file predominantly consists of telegrams and cypher messages regarding the transit of French military aircraft across India and Burma while en-route to Indochina. The messages contain requests for clearance, details of the planes in transit, their flight schedules, and any restrictions imposed by local authorities. A significant number are concerned with French air ambulances.

There is also some correspondence between the Burma Office and the Governor of Burma related to Burmese opposition to French military action in Indochina, and the difficulties this places the Government of Burma in granting authorisation for transit flights of French aircraft.

The main correspondents in the file are as follows: the Air Attaché to Paris, the Air Ministry, Air Headquarters (India), and Air Headquarters (Burma).

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 (195 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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English in Latin script
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Coll 5/84(5) ‘FLIGHTS BY FRENCH MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER India & BURMA EN ROUTE for SAIGON’ [‎114r] (227/394), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2051, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041303373.0x00001c> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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