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Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’ [253r] (510/1246)
The record is made up of 1 file (619 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1938. 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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M.V.O.,
External Affairs Dept.,
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NEW DELHI.
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CONFIDE!, ! y^AL .
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German air service .
Will you please refer to the
correspondence ending with your d.o.
letter, No. F.262-F/37, of 18th November
on the above subject?
The idea is that the Germans,
assuming that they approach India vja
the Gulf, should fly by the Persian
shore like Air France and K.L.M., and not
by the route on the Arab shore used by
Imperial Airways. I .
I enclose copy of a correspondence
with Shelmerdine, from which you will
see that certain enquiries relative to
the route across India and Burma have now
been received d.o. by the Air Ministry
from the Germans.
6474.A
Wt 22530/p 144 10,000 9.37 IQP
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The file is concerned with proposals for Lufthansa to operate an air service linking Germany with China via Egypt, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan (Kabul). The file contains correspondence, extracts from intelligence summaries, memoranda, and notes documenting the efforts of British officials to oppose the establishment of a German airline in Afghanistan, and the operation of an air route through Central Asia between the territories of the Soviet Union and British India. This includes detailed policy discussion between the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, and 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. over whether to grant Lufthansa transit rights across India and Burma in order to induce the company to move away from the Central Asian route. Details of experimental flights between Berlin and Kabul are also recorded in the file; a sketch map illustrating the route of a German reconnaissance flight July 1936 between Kabul and Wakhan may be found on folio 612v.
Additional correspondence is largely with William Kerr Fraser-Tytler, HM Minister at Kabul. However, there is also a small amount of correspondence with the Governments of Burma and India, and – largely in the form of circulars – British diplomatic representatives at Athens, Cairo, Baghdad, Tehran, Bangkok, and Peking. The file also includes a few letters between the Air Ministry and Herr Fisch, Germany's Aviation Minister, regarding Lufthansa's application for transit rights across India and Burma.
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 (619 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 commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 621; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2004
- Title
- Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 16r:55v, 57r:202v, 204r:267v, 269r:387v, 389r:506v, 509r:587v, 589r:620v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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