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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [10r] (19/429)
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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Ho.C/931
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
BAHiiAIK.
19
Thje 1st of September, 1947
To
The Hon 1 M-e pallglcal Resl-lent
in the Persian 3ulf,. lalirain .
MKMOHANDU!,! ,
Mr. 3. Seed, a 2 'epresentative of the An^lo-
iranian Oil Company, recently visited Bahrain to
investigate the possibility of modernizing their
existing filling station in Manama, or to replace
it by setting up a modern installation on a new sice.
iHi*) main details of their proposed filling station are
shorn on the attached blue-print Ho. R20325, which may
rlease be returned, bhe .'rhole project ’/ill comprises
(a) A single or double vehicle drive-in
(depending upon the site obtained).
(b) An island upon which will be mounted
two kerbside pumps for the x*uelliug of
vehicles. These pumps will draw their
supply from tv/o 1,000 gallons capacity
day-to-day service tanks to be installed
underground.
(o) A building of two rooms, one for use as
an office and she other for the dispensing
of lubricating oils, advertising and the
general sale of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com
pany’s products.
(d) A small yard at the rear for the storage
of miscellaneous equipment, off-loading
space for:road-tankers and the possible
installation of a small electric gene
rating set.
underground to service pumps for the retail sale of
petrol to the public might well be construed by the
Bahrain petroleum Company to be a violation of their
rights under Article 4(b) ‘of the Deed of Further
Modification. Hitherto, the Anglo-Iranian Oil company’s
product, B.O. motor spirit, has been sold commercially
in Manama from drums.
3. The Bahrain petroleum Company have already
endeavoured to reserve their rights under Article 4(b)
of the Deed of Further Modification in respect of tanks
erected on land at Muharraq leased to the Air Ministry
for defence purposes; and it appears unlikely that they
will agree to this installation for commercial purposes -
at any rate without consideration.
4. It is suggested, if the Resident has no objection,
that the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain petro
leum Company should be informed of this proposal and asked
whether his Company have any objection to it.
2. fne proposal to instal two 1,000 gallon tanks
/5. If the
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2045
- Title
- Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:58v, 60r:64v, 66r:87v, 88v:115v, 116v:151v, 154r:176v, 177v, 178v:214r, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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