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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [69r] (137/429)
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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MENISTHT OP FUEL AND POWER
(petroleum division).
SECRET
DEAN STANLEY STREET,
LONDON, S.W.1.
16 th Noverriber, 1944*
' Dear Ross,
Bahrein Oil Installations
Thank you. for your letter and enclosure of Novenber 13th* ►
I feel quite strongly that the letter to A. I* 0. C* should emanate
from you or rather from the Air Council on the lines laid down in
your draft. The point is that the refuelling facilities will form
part of stations “belonging to Air Ministry and the refuelling
arrangements to be attended to by A, I, 0. C, will also be covered by
Air Ministry contracts, I suggest, however, that you may wish to
state in some suitable place in your letter to A. I, 0, C, that your
proposals have been considered with, and endorsed by,
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.
>/ I and Ministry of Riel and Power (Petroleum Division). Hhis is,
perhaps, all the more necessary as A. 1,0, C, are, in ny opinion.
almost bound to raise objections of some kind and they may well wish
to approach us as well as you.
As regards the drafting of your letter, may I suggest the
following:
Para, 3> To be added at the end -
"The desirability of permitting A. I. 0, C. to maintain their
refuelling arrangements on Bahrein, which forms a link in a long
chain of similar fuelling points, hats also not been forgotten
"The Council has much appreciated the assistance afforded by
your compaxy in the past in regard to refuelling arrangements on
the island of Bahrein, They have accordingly endeavoured to
protect your position to the maximim extent consistent with the
general and Service interests. They hope, therefore, that you
will accept the work of refuelling on the lines outlined above, but
they would be pleased to consider any suggestions of detail which you
might care to offer".
Following alternative to final paragraph
Sir James Ross, K. H E,. G. B.
S.4(n.c L \
/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.
- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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