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Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’ [143r] (286/522)
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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OUTWARD TE LEGR AM
W 15602/52/802
[This telegram is of particular ' ir) d should be retained
^ by the authorised rec ioien 1 9ft(S not m assed on. ]
[CYPHER]
SPECIAL (AVIATION)
PROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO JEDDA
No. 656
20th December 194-5
D. 1.15 a-.m 0 21st December 194-5
Repeated to Washington No. 1278.1
British Middle East Office, Cairo No. 194-
IMMEDIATE
SPACE
My telegram No. 655.
Following are new United States proposals regarding Dhahran
air base. United States Embassy state that completion of the
base could only be justified to American public under following
conditions:-
(1) The conclusion between the Government of SAudi Arabia
and the Government of the United States of the standard
bilateral air transport agreement, including full
"Fifth Freedom" traffic rights;
(2) The amendment of the existing agreement for a United
States military air base at Dhahran to provide:-
(a) That the United States Army will retain title
to the fixed installations of the airfield at
Dhahran as well as to auxiliary facilities at
Lauqa and Hafar al Batin until construction is
completed;
(b) That the United States Army will be granted the
exclusive right to operate and maintain the
above mentioned installations and the right to
make use of them for as long after completion as
needed by the United States Army up to a maximum
of three years and that the United States Army be
granted the necessary air transit rights over
routes agreed upon between the United States and
Saudi Arabian Governments for the same period;
(c) That upon termination of United States Army
control the Government of the United Starnes will
turn over these installations in sound condition
to the Saudi Arabian Government for operation,
control and maintenance. The Saudi Arabian
Gov er nm en t
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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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