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Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’ [169r] (338/522)
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 telegram is of particular secrecy! and should he
retained hy the authorised recipient 4 nd not passed on],
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[CYPHER] S PECl ZlT T^IVIL AVIATION) .
FR01" : . ^ SHIY OTON TO FO REIGN OFFICE n
Earl of Halifax. D. 1.20 a.m. 14th July, 1945.
No, 4909 .
13th July, 1945. R. 10,35 a.m. 14th July, 1945.
Repeated to Jedda,
K.E. Kin.
3 3 3
Vy telegram No. 4816.
State Department have now sent me ”substance” of
communication addressed to Ihn Baud hy /..merican 'minister
at Jedda as follows:
”The construction of an airfield at Dhahran on great
circle route from Cairo to Karachi is considered hy the
United States to he an immediate military necessity as
well as being of great value to Saudi hrahia. It is
desired therefore that landing strips and the necessary
buildings and installations he constructed there.
In addition to the construction^ the United States
feel that it will he necessary to maintain and occupy
this airfield and related facilities for a tern of years #
after the conclusion of the present war. In this connexion
flying rights over Saudi Arabia are needed, along with
uermission for American military forces to locate, construct
maintain and remove necessary navigational aids, also one
emergency field in Central Saudi Arabia.
It is hoped that American'Civil Airlines will he
permitted to operate on Dhahran airfield and to construct
there such facilities as they may reasonably require.
Such air lines would need transit rights in Saudi
Arabia plus commercial entry at Dhahran, and these rights
and entry should continue on a non-discriminatory basis
as long as any commercial air services operate in or
through Saudi"Arabia, Kore detailed provisions regarding
American commercial air transport services may be the
subject of a subsequent agreement.
United States ' 7 ar Department is prepared to make
available to Saudi Arabia a military mission to train
Saudi Arabian pilots and ground crews, and to afford
additional instructional services. The "'ar Department
is also prepared to improve the road between Dhahran and
Riyadii".
foreign Office please repeat to Jedda as my telegram
No. 49.
+n Tpma.M Wn
(OTP)
ENCLOaUAE IN AIN HAIL LETTER
No. 2 i 2 1 JUL
PNOM SECRETARY, EXTERNAL. DEFT.,
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.
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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)
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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 (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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