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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [42r] (83/429)
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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External Department.
^/A 2 9/45r SECRET
CYPHER TELECOM (O^T.P. I
Frorr-^pretary of State for India
To Poa._cical Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Repeated to
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.
^ Bahrein and Government of India,
External Affairs Department.
Despatched 17th February, 1945. 08.00 hours.
3802. Addressed
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.
repeated Bahrein and
Government of India. Secret. Your express letter No.c/537 of
November 24th, Manama air base.
2. Application of Indian Aircraft Rules 1920 to Bahrein
aerodromes does not appear to be provided for under Civil Air Agreement
but His Majesty* s Government agree that it is desirable to secure
Bahrein Government's formal acceptance of definition of aerodrome in
these rules. I should be glad if this can now be done and for
action to be taken as soon as possible to define area as proposed in
your letter in consultation with R.A.F.
3. _ It is now proposed that bulk storage tanks for refuelling of
flying boats should be installed at Manama to be erected and operated
by BAPC0 as agents of His Majesty's Government. Actual refuelling of
aircraft will continue to be done by AI0C. BAPC0 would be informed
at the same time that His Majesty's Government do not admit that their
claim to exclusive right to erect and operate tanks, covers storage
which forms part of aerodrome installations or services. It is
desirable ^hat in defining area of air-base allowance should be made
for erection of these tanks adjacent to jetty.
4. As regards any payments that may be considered due to Bahrein
/Government
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (213 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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