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Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’ [34r] (67/365)
The record is made up of 1 file (181 folios). It was created in 28 Jul 1941-27 May 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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hazardous in Persia and should not he tried*
b. The aieeting then proceeded to consider the
Question oi meteorological stations in persia.
oolone! Burnett said that the persien Government
had now sanctioned the inspection of the
Government of Indian stations in Persia. A/C
hunciman said ttiat tne prohiem as regards
aviation was almost entirely a signals matter
as at^pi’esent such meteorological information as
was availaoie wot always delivered far too late.
The Government of India maintained stations
along the Gulf and the raFi during the war, had
developed a good system serving the Tehran-
Baghdad line, the raF had now left persia and
the Persian Government proposed to take over the
stations but there were In fact practically no
Persians qualified to operate them and they had
asked for help from India. Mr. sunoooert and s/Lr
Bruce-Clayton both mentioned tne difficulty of
obtaining qualified Muslim operators, pariis
would be our acceptable alternative, cr. Banerji
said that the operation of Meteorological
Observatories was a highly technic*! process and
that he would prefer that the Government of
India’s stations should not yet be handed over
to the Persian Government. He would prefer that
they should open and operate some of their own
first and we could see If they were capable of
taking of the Government of India's and
running them efficiently. It was decided in the
end that in the circumstances and in view of the
uncertainty of employment under the persian
Government, the best plan as regards Radio
personnel would be lor the Director General
Civil Aviation to recruit them as the cadre of
the Aeronautic 1 Radio service which is to be
established/*..
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The file is concerned with proposals for the development of civil aviation services connecting Iran (frequently referred to as Persia) with Iraq and India. It therefore includes correspondence related to proposed aerial surveys of possible routes. The question of whether three airfields at Zahidan, Mirjarah, and Kerman – built in consequence of the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran – should be retained for future civil use is also addressed by some of the correspondence.
Some of the material in the file examines the interest of the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States in Iranian civil aviation.
A report titled ‘Air Transport in Persia – 1944 and afterwards’ by Walter Leslie Runciman, Air Attaché at Tehran, has been included: see folios 119-129. An accompanying map illustrating proposed and existing air routes can be found on folio 130. The file also includes a couple of sketch maps: see folios 103 and 143.
The most recent correspondence in the file is concerned with the re-establishment of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) services in 1946 between the United Kingdom (UK) and Tehran.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Ambassador to Iran (Sir Reader William Bullard), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, 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. , and representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
There is a gap in the file for the years 1942-43 for which no papers have been included.
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 (181 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 commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 182; 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.
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- Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:102v, 104r:129v, 131r:142v, 144r:182v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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