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Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’ [176v] (353/522)
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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embarked in the country whose nationality the
aircraft possesses, Americans desire conditions
'which v/ould allow unrestricted freedom to engage in
traffic of this nature while we maintain that the^
right of main trunk operators to carry such traffic
must-be regulated in accordance with a code of defined
principles if legitimate rights of local and regional
operators are to be safeguarded and order in the air
maintained. Thus His ilaiesty s Government greatly hope
that the King, if he decides to negotiate any civil
aviation agreement with the .umericans, would be very
careful no? to agree to any iimerican proposal which
would grant without reservation rights to American
airlines to pick up and set down traffic or to monopolise
the carriage of traffic to and from Saudi ^rabia. The
civil airlines of other countries including British
airlines, are entitled to have their diaims to similar
rights recognised. Neighbouring Moslem States such as
Egypt and Iraq will no doubt wish to operate airlines
to Saudi Arabia (e,g* for the pilgrimage) and will not
relish this local traffic, which is really the legitimate
preserve of these airlines, being cornered by United
States airlines. The same applies to India who may also
be interested in the carriage of pilgrims by her own
airlines.
4. We have given similar advice when •onsulted by
other Middle Eastern Governments and we have asked them
not to concede unrestricted Fifth Freedom rights without
further consultation with ourselves and the neighbouring
Governments. It should be perfectly possible for the King
to delay negotiations with the United States on the ground
that he must consider the position carefully in relation
to proposals of other States for the provision of local
and regional services and to ultimate possibility of the
creation of a local Saudi ij?abian airline. He could further
point out that as the grant of Fifth Freedom rights would
affect interests of other countries Saudi Arabia could only
concede such rights in consultation with other countries
concerned.
5. We will.telegraph in due course about remaining
points raised in your telegram under reference including
question of training Saudi Arabian pilots etc.
O.T.P,
tf&uten WA,L UTTt *
StOHETMLY, EXTERNAL BEPT.
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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