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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)’ [‎156r] (311/365)

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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Bristol 22051
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1 Julian Road,
Air Ministry,
Department of Civil Aviation
S.R.893/D.0.C.A.
Julian Road,
Bristol, 9.
Dear Peel
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With reference to your letter (Ext.6270/41) dated
10th October to Herbertson regarding the possibility of
operating some of the K.L.M. services along the eas tern side
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , we are in some doubt as to •HhlT
practicability of this at the present time as we do not know
whether the aerodromes along this coast have been maintained
since Air Prance and K.L.M. ceased operating on this route
nor whether the wireless and meteorological arrangements still
exist. Until information on these points is available we
could not consider asking K.L.II. to operate along this route.
provide a report concerning these matters after undertaking
a survey flight along this coast with the D.C.2. aircraft
which is at present being operated between Karachi and Basra.
Given this information we should be prepared to put the
proposal to K.L.M. but we should not feel disposed to press
them to return to the east coast of the Gulf as it was one of
the conditions of our latest arrangement with them for an
additional service that they should be permitted to use the
Arabian side of the Gulf.
Perhaps the Government of India could arrange to
Yours sincerely
R. Peel, 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. ,
Whitehall

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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)’ [‎156r] (311/365), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2038, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100042310841.0x000072> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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