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Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’ [264r] (538/800)
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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i£ T / cn, however, if the organisation of a route
along this coast is not altogether free fro^n political
objection, is it not better than the complete cessation of
the Kng-Lanh *" I_ai achi ^eivice beyond Basra? For let it be
clearly understood if the Persians will not extend their
concession to Inperial Airways end Imperial Airways are not
allowed to use the Arabian coast, this great link in cur
Imperial air communications; in the inauguration of which you
yourself played so important a part, will be severed
definitely at the Persian border. As I said in my paper.-,
this seems to m© unthinkable»
I should perhaps add that your predecessor
suggested in two Cabinet papers which he also circulated in
July (C/'P.. (31) 192 and 196) that Imperial Airways might use
another route through Persian territory, or, if they flew
along the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, might use the Island cf Abu Lias a as
a base, neither of these alternatives is, unfortunately,
practicable. Imperial Airways are satisfied that, even if
the route were commercially practicable on other ways, wnich
it is not, they could not maintain the regularity necessary
on a trunk line service if they had to fly over the leisi^n
mountains in winter, and this view is confirmed by Royal Air
Force officers who have had to fly during winter m those
regions . It is quite a different matter for the Junkers
Company 3 operating a local service over a portion of cL«
route with rae.ll machines, though even they find considerable
difficulty and can, I understand, only maintain an
approximate regularity in winter time, cj ta^in^ i ~^ku.. and
having forced, lendings which would not be .iustniaole for
Imperial Airways with larger airoralc.
As to Abu Idas a, I have ascertained from two cl
my officers who have flown over it on various occ's'o
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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.
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- 1 volume (393 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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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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- Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’
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- 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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