Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’ [260r] (524/1246)
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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A
INDIA OPPICE 5
T 7HI EIIALL ? S. " 7 . 1
21st December s 1937.
My dear Shelmerdine,
•iuh reiefence to your letter of the 8 th December about
facilities for a German service to the Par East, v;e do not think
it necessary to consulc tne -overaments of India and Durma as to
the reply to be sent to Ministerialdirektor Pisch. Ue would
suggest that you might inform him that transit facilities would
oe considered for the German service by the route across India
and Durma at present used by the French and Dutch air lines,
namely, Karachi-Jodhpur-Allahabad-Calcutta-Akyab-liangoon, and
that you might, as you suggest, add the information as to stage
mileage.
T 7e suggest, however, that it might also be desirable to
give Herr Pisch such information as we can about the route of
access t_q India. This might be useful to him, and may also
avoid any risk of future misunderstanding. If you agree,
perhaps some explanation on the following lines might be given
to him. As he is no doubt aware, the
north-west frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
of
India and the frontier regions in Baluchistan, except on or near
the coast, are a prohibited area; the method of approaching
Karachi would therefore be along the coast from Gwadur; for
access to Gwadur, unless the Germans find it practicable to fly
there direct from Tehran, the route would be that followed by
Air Prance and K.L.M. along the northern coast of the Persian
Gulf; and would presumably be joined at some point either from
Tehran, if that place forms part of the projected route, or
from Baghdad.
it/
Lieutenant Goponel Sir P. C. SheImerdine,
C»JL. E • , 0., j . E. ,
Air Ministry,
Ariel House,
Strand, r 7. C. 2
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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)
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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 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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- 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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