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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [‎9r] (17/429)

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The record is made up of 1 file (213 folios). It was created in 14 Jan 1944-10 Oct 1947. 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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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. , Bahrain.
H.M’s Secretary of State for
Commonwealth Relations, London
Repeated
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain
(with Blue Print NO.R30825, returned).
No.1615-S
Dated the 6th September, 1947.
Copy is enclosed of Bahrain Memorandum
No.C/931, dated the 1st September, 1947, regarding the
proposal of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to modernise their
existing filling station, or to set up a new one, in Bahrain.
2. Article 4(b) of the Deed of Furtner
Modification does give the Bahrain Petroleum Company the
exclusive right to construct and operate storage tanks.
The Company claimed this right in respect of the tankage
required for the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the
Royal Air Force (vide 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. Express Letter No.2960/45
dated 3rd July, 1945, and connected correspondence;.
Such tankage was. howeve^*, commercial bulk tankage (two tanks
of 114 tons each;. The position is not free from doubt but
I am of the opinion that the installation and operation of
two 1,000 gallon tanks to facilitate retail sales at a filling
station would not amount to an infringement of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company's exclusive rights, as these reservoirs
cannot reasonably be held to constitute storage tanks within
the meaning of Article 4(b) of the Deed of Further Modificat
ion.
3. I am not in favour of adopting the
suggestion in paragraph 4 of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's Memorandum
as this would indicate to the Bahrain Petroleum Company that
we admit their right to object or, at any rate, that we are
in doubt regarding the position. Snould His Majesty's
Government concur in the opinion expressed in paragraph 2
above I suggest that I should be authorised to inform the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tnat there is no objection on tne
part of His Majesty's Government to their carrying out their
plans; and to leave it to the Bahrain Petroleum Company to
raise objection if they think fit. Should, however, His
Majesty's Government consider that the installation and
operation of this tankage v/ould amount to a violation of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company's exclusive rights I suggest that I
should be authorised to inform the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
accordingly, and to advise them to come to an agreement in the
matter direct with tne Bahrain Petroleum Company.
Sd/- A.C. Galloway.
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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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The file contains papers concerning refuelling arrangements for the Royal Air Force (RAF), the United States Army Transport Command (USATC), and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), during the Second World War (1939-1945) and into the post-war period. In particular, the distribution of contracts for refuelling services between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO). It therefore covers developments at the Manama Sea Plane Anchorage and the Muharraq Aerodrome. A great deal of correspondence in the file focuses on legal discussion over the extent of BAPCO's monopoly over the erection of bulk fuel storage tanks in Bahrain, and whether this overrules the right of the British Government to provide refuelling facilities at aerodromes granted under the Bahrain Civil Aviation Agreement.

A sketch map showing a proposed oil pipeline from Sitra Island to the landing ground on Murharraq Island can be found on folio 59.

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. (Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior and Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), officials of the Air Ministry, 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. (Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold, and Roland Tennyson Peel), officials of the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Eric Alfred Berthoud, Keith Lievesley Stock, and W D Mansell-Davis), and local RAF authorities.

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 (213 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 214; 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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