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Coll 5/84(5) ‘FLIGHTS BY FRENCH MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER India & BURMA EN ROUTE for SAIGON’ [‎116r] (231/394)

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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With the Compliments of Mr*
Anderson.
?OR IGH C PICA, c . •"/. 1.
February bth, 1947.
W>- ^
Please refer to 37 /l 0/47 or the 14th
January about the transit of French aircraft through
Burma.
I enclose a copy of a letter dated January &4th
from the Burraa Office in regard to your enquiry, which
seems satisfactory so far as routine movements of
aircraft are concerned. I also enclose a copy of a
letter which 1 have today written to Gibson at the
Burma Office with reference to an interview which I
had last Saturday with M. de Guiringeud.
M. de Guiringaud originally came to see me because
he had heard from General 3ailly, the head of the French
Air Vransport Service, who was here for a few days, that
there was some difficulty over the clearance for the
transit through India of three or four Ju 52*8. I was
eble to tell him that clearance for these particular
planes h d been granted the previous day and that you
had advised us of this.
We then went on to discuss the request by the
Governor of Burraa that the six Ju'ba's due to arrive at
Rangoon on February 15th might be diverted so as to
bypass Burma. I gave de Guiringaud the gist o.i the
telegram‘from the Governor and of the Burma Office letter
on this subject, copies of which I enclose.
J. K. Coulson, KSq.,
BRITISH .MBASfY, PARIf.
/M. de Guiringaud

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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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Coll 5/84(5) ‘FLIGHTS BY FRENCH MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER India & BURMA EN ROUTE for SAIGON’ [‎116r] (231/394), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2051, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041303373.0x000020> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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