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Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’ [204v] (409/522)
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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Webber VV. 10821
contd.
^ I I HOUT CLOSING down URGENT WORK ON OTHER All'. FIELD If.
r 1 er si a Gulf.
Finally Dhahran wduld be very useful alternative
to Baarein for both British and American Air Force* ms
R.Ai.p . WILL HAVE TO GRaNT PERMISSION TO AMERICANS TO
CONSTRUCT THIS AIRFIELD WHY NOT LET US ADVISE [ BN oAUD TO
GF! ant PERMISSION IMMEDIATE LIKELIHOOD IF IT CAN BE READY IN
TIME TO HELP CONTRIBUTION TO WAR IN FAR EAST. UNQUOTE* ENDS
/ Reply begins: quote
For mIR liARSHAL i J ARK FROM a.M.S.O.
Your /iOC.312 December 2nd.
On Vith November H-M. Ambassador reported that U.S.
State Department had discussed Matter wnth him and
informed him that 'U.S- military authorities were tAKING THE
MATTER up I MME D I AT ELY l T H COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF AS
REQUIREMENT FOR WAR IN PACIFIC. THIS TELEGRAM WAS REPEATED
T °. H.M. Minister, Jedda, undr Foreign Office reference 269-
f\/Ai-DLL WERE INSTRUCTED TO CONSULT US WHEN U.S. CHIEFS OF
Staff tabled a proposal but we have had no repeat no news
THAT PROPOSAL HA'S BEEN TABLED.
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YOU SHOULD REMIND GENERAL GILES THAT HE AGREED TO
RECOMMEND THAT THIS SHOULD BE PUT TO BRITISH CHIEFS OF STAFF;
your A0C.171 October 3rd and my mX.A-52 October 12th refer.
You SHOULD TELL HIM THAT OUR ATTITUDE WITH I BN SAUD LAST
March was that we- did not know of a.military requirement
AND THAT HE SHOULD UUDGE THE MATTER FROM THE ANGLE OF HIS
OWN INTERESTS, AND YOU SHOULD ADD THAT WE HAVE NO REPEAT NO
WISH TO OPPOSE OR DELAY A MILITARY R E QU t R EMENT IF U.S. CHIEFS
of Staff will put it to us as we have been told they propose
TO DO. We are not repeat not disposed to communicate further
with I bn Gaud without an approach from U.S. Chiefs of Staff.
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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)’
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- front, front-i, 2r:73v, 75r:76v, 79r:106v, 108r:260v, back
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