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Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’ [180r] (370/800)
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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.liile the Treasury v/ished to raise no objection to the
opening of negotiations, they would lihe further informa
tion as the cost that would he involved, hoth as regards
any recurring expenditure, such as subsidies, as well as
any immediate capital payments to Imperial hirways« He
therefore wished to enter a caveat that the Treasury could
net agree to the establishment of this new air route until
more information is forthcoming as to the estimated cost 9
He thought it important that we should not definitely oommit
I
ourselves at this stage 0
LIT• KSFDIILi observed that the Official Sub-Committee, in
framing their recommendations for the initiation of negotia
tions, had kept this point in vic T .v. They had allowed for an
opportunity for re-consideration when the attitude of the
Sheikh should have been ascertained, by suggesting that any
agreement reached should be subject to the approval of His
majesty : s Government, so that I..is Majesty’s Govermaent might
not find themselves prematurely committed should some other
alternative, after all, prove practicable, or should some
unexpected difficulty arise 0
TK3 K/lRQUSSS OH LOiTDOI-TLilERY, in reply to a question by the
Chairman, stated that the Air Ministry anticipated that an
immediate expenditure of 010,000 would be incurred in the
establishment of this air route 0 As the reasons 01 tno transfer
of the route from the Persian to the Arabian snore ..ere of a
political nature, compensation would have to oe paid to Imperial
Airways, who had incurred expenditure in the erection 01
buildings ; , etc., along the Persian coast and would have to
incur fresh expenditure for facilities along the Araoian coast 0
A further £10,000 would be required to operate a sea-plant-
service along the/
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence