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Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’ [79r] (158/522)
The record is made up of 1 file (259 folios). It was created in 17 Mar 1944-14 Nov 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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CONFIDENT
D.0. No. 62 - S.
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I was much interested in the correspondence
forwarded in
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.
express letter No. Ex t.8289/46 ?
dated the 13th December, 1S46, and especially in the
suggestion that a large airport should be constructed at
Bahrain. I very much hope that this suggestion will be
pursued. I find that in February 1946 a Royal Air Force
party surveyed an aerodrome site at Hamala in the north
west corner of the main island, but nobody here appears
to have seen their report. I presume the whole question
will be considered by the air survey party which is
expected here this month vide
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.
telegram No.
21999, dated the 21st December, 1946.
—» M.l
2. While I was in England I was informed at the
Air Ministry that it was desired, if not intended, that
the Royal Air Force should evacuate Muharraq. I very
much hope that the Royal Air Force will not do this unless
the British Overseas Airways Corporation are willing to
take over. I have been told that it is the policy of the
British Overseas Airways Corporation not to accept respon
sibility for the maintenance and management of land aero
dromes and that they expect the government of the country
concerned to do this. I do not consider it possible,
even if'it were desirable, for the Bahrain Government to
take over responsibility for any aerodrome here, at any
rate for some time to come. A similar situation exists
at Salalah and Masirah.
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
RESIDENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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BAHRAIN.
the 8th January, 1947. r- f 1
2 U;
I am sending a copy of this letter to Weightman.
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The file is concerned with proposals for the construction of an airfield – suitable for very heavy bombers – at Dhahran by the United States Army Air Transport Command as a wartime necessity, and applications from the United States to the United Kingdom for the latters support in obtaining permission from Saudi Arabia. See folios 239-241 for a brief on these proposals.
The file also contains papers related to proposals for the post-war civil operation following the construction of the airfield, and the transfer of ownership from the United States to Saudi Arabia. Related papers concern proposals from Trans World Airlines for the development of civil aviation in Saudi Arabia, and counter proposals from the British Government for a civil air mission. This includes the use of Dhahran by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).
A typed copy of a report by a Ministry of Civil Aviation Technical Survey Party on aerodromes in the Middle East and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (1947) has also been included: see folios 26-55. The minutes of a subsequent meeting held by the Civil Aviation Planning Committee on 1 April 1947 to discuss the reports findings can be found on folios 18-19.
The main correspondents in the file are as follows: HM Minister at Jeddah (Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith), officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and 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. (Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947).
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 (259 folios)
- Arrangement
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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 260; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:73v, 75r:76v, 79r:106v, 108r:260v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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