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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [20v] (40/429)
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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9 . Sir Geoffrey Pryor expressed the view that the i3.A..0. ^ ould not
he held to apply to tankage erected on sites owned or leased hy the >
although it might be invoked against the present Muharraq tank. Ha considered
that the present moment when the British need to restrict dollar P
wellknown was a favourable one for reverting to Ahadan supplies. He c o
confirmed that there could ho no objection to the use hy ^nglo-Iranm-n
floating storage at Bahrein* ^
TO It was agreed that insofar as linglo-Iranian were able to meet British
rAuircmonto-feltehroin from Abadan on a competitive ba f s »
purchase supplies from this cource and if necessary would afford Anglo Iranian
the requisite facilities for erecting tankage on R.A.F. sites.
11. As a first step the Air Ministry, provided they were assured of supplies to
meet their immediate needs, would inform B.A.P.C.O. that they did not
purchase any further supplies of Bahrein aviation fuel, and that th^ wo^^^ee
local requirements from Ahadan under their existing contract with 1 !?aht
Tf* B \ PC 0 raised any objection on the score of their tankage monopoly it might
Z mcussaxy'toirect^'tank.agc on the m*arra q airfield in pl-e of the e^ing
tank which would bo done at the expense of .agio-Iranian.
formallv notify Ar^lo-Iranian of their requirements as early as possible in ra
that toe latter to^ht go ahead vdth their supply arrangements which would involve
the acquisition of a coasting tanker.
12. It was noted that this proposal assumed the right of the R.A.F. to erect
tankage on their own airfields notwithstanding B.A.P.O.O’s monopoly, and bhat
further action would be necessary before the expiration of their lease of th
Muharraq airfield.
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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