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Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’ [135r] (270/522)
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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[This telegran is of particular secrecy and should be ^
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FROM WRSHmGTON TO JEDDA
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SP ECL'J, (CIVIL AVLITIOID .J^^
Earl of Halifax
No. 5
26th February, 1946.
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British Middle EasITTJffice, Cairo No. 11.„ ,
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Your telegram No,20 to British Middle East Office, ^ feu
Cairo [of February 20th; T.W.A. plans in Arabia].
SPACE.
T.W.A. are naturally anxious to commence operations
as soon as possible. They have, however, been handicapped
by strikes in the engineering trade and as a result have
only received 8 of the 46 Constellations which they have
on order. They are unable to say vbom they will commence
operations to and through the Middle East,
2. The Civil Aeronautics Board have so far only
authorised them to fly the route from Cairo to India via
Jerusalem, Basra and Dhahran. They may not fly any other
routes in your area without specific C.A.B. authority
which, I understand, has not yet been sought* They
undoubtedly have plans for future services, however,
throughout the area allocated to them by the C.A.B. which
includes the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
and entire ^Arabian Peninsula.
3. The U, S. A.T.C. are, I think, having to reduce
considerably owing to demobilisation of essential technicians,
^ and have in many areas already reduced their services to a
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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