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Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’ [99r] (208/800)
The record is made up of 1 volume (393 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1931-25 Sep 1932. 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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SIR JOHN SIMON stated that a 'Delegram dated
December 15th had new be n received Iron cur Minister
at Tehran (but not yez circulated tw other Departments) <,
showing that the position was a little more hopeful as
the Persians -now seemed prepared to deal with the question
the air route apart from the general negotiations
and in return for some quid pro quo such as the re-opening
of the Duzdap railway. He did not regard this develop
ment as justifying any relaxation in our efforts to
establish an alternative route ? since he felt that it
was only Toy establishing such an alternative that we
should be able to deal satisfactorily with the Persians.
But at the same time he considered that no opening should
be neglected to attempt to negotiate a settlement v/ith
the Persian Government should one be possible. He
understood, however, that the question of the Duzdap
Railway was one falling mainly v/ithin the sphere 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.
..
MR. V/AKELY said that the
India Office
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and Government
of India had already agreed to offer both the re-opening
of the Railway, and if necessary its permanent transfer,
t^ the Persians if we could thereby secure the
continuance cf the South Persian air route. There would
therefore be no difficulty about renewing this offer.
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.
w^uld however like to see drafts ^f any
instructions sena to Mr. Hoare on the subject.
SIR JOHN SIMON then suggested that if any negotia
tions for a bargain over the continuance of the air route
were to be entered into with the Persians, it should be
made clear that the air route must pemain ©pen so long
as the negotiations were in progress.
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The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, and minutes related to a proposal to relocate the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Air Route (linking Europe and India) from Southern Persia to the Arabian Coast. The proposal is related to difficulties between the British and Persian governments over securing an extension of Imperial Airways' concession to operate in Persia. The volume therefore also contains papers related to the progress of negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Persia. However, the majority of the volume relates to the examination of the Arabian Coast option; this includes potential route options, possible sites for facilities, estimates of expenditure, and progress reports on negotiations between the Trucial Shaikhs – primarily at Dubai and Ra's al-Khaymah – and Hugh Vincent Biscoe, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The volume also contains minutes of the meetings of the Official and Ministerial Sub-Committees of Imperial Defence for the Consideration of Middle Eastern Questions: 2 November 1931 (folios 226-35), 5 November 1931 (folios 217-25), 17 November 1931 (folios 175-82), 17 December 1931 (folios 89-102), and 15 February 1932 (folios 28-31 and folios 22-5). Related notes and memoranda can also be found within the volume.
A number of extracts from reports (dated 24 March, 26 April, and 25 September 1932) from E C Denison and D S McGrath, Commanding HMS Bideford , on trips to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. can be found on folios 3-9; this includes details relating to the construction of the Sharjah Aerodrome.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, officials of the Admiralty, officials the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, 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. .
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (393 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 395; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover, nor does it include the two leading flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1955
- Title
- Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:47v, 49r:78v, 80r:358r, 360r:394v, 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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- Open Government Licence