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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)’ [159r] (317/365)
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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J.J.W.Herbertson, Esq.,O.B.E.,
Air Ministry,
King Charles Street,
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Dear Herbertson,
With my letter No.Ext •5842/41 of
September 24th, I sent you a copy of a telegram
dated September the 20th from the Political
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Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, suggesting that
in the altered circumstances some of the K.L.M.
Services might return to the Persian shore of the
Gulf. I now enclose a copy of the Government of
India’s telegram No.5481 of October the 5th which
supports^this suggestion and linlm it up both-
w-i-tk the project# mentioned in Cairo telegram#
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No# .72 sxtd -Qi Limit^and ^aiJa^a proposal that, when
her resources permit, India should operate an air
service along the Persian Coast and up to Tehran.
Would you please ensure that the Government of
India’s views are brought to notice in the right
quarter.
2. As regards the last sentence of the
Government/
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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