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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [71r] (141/429)
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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P1STR0L INSTALLATIONS AT BATTRETH
1« A general conference on this question was held at the Air i&nistxy
on 30th October, attended by representatives of the MLnistiy of Fuel and
Power (iSr. Berthoud and 1ft*. R. E, Latham),
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.
(ifc, Harrison),
iiL,Q,2 (Group Captain Tuille), IXHE. 10 (v&ng Ooisaander Aberdein and Squadron
Leader Marshall), ihjor Jones, representing D.GXC.A., and Sir Jajues Boss* Bie
present position is that at Miharraq a contract has been placed locally with
the Bahrein Petroleum Conpany for the maintenance and operation of the
airfield tanks, while the Anglo—Iranian Company continue as hitherto to canty
out the refuelling of aircraft in detail between the tanks and the landing
ground* It had been proposed to give notice to close the B.A*P.CX(X contract
and give all the local
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
work (tanks and refuelling) to A. !• (X CX
B. A, • C# C. » hearing of this, have let it be known that they may contest the
matter in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Courts, for an injunction to restrain A. I. (X C. from
infringing their monopoly of operating tankage at Bahrain. ttiis meeting was
therefore called to consider how to deal with the situation.
2. Bie case of Miharraq. was dealt with first. A somewhat dindlar
problem for Ibnama was next considered, and a common policy covering both was
defined.
/
ttie legal question arises over the extent and practical effect of
"the exclusive right to construct and operate refineries and storage tanks
within the Sheikh's do^ILnionB•, granted to B.A.P.<X<X under their AgreeiiEnt
%
("Deed of Modification") with the Sheikh dated 19th June, 19X0, having regard
to -
(a) the previous Civil Air Agreement between H. IX (X and the Sheikh
dated 6th June, 1934, in which H,14(X had already received
exclusive rights generally "to establish and maintain .... an
aerodrome, or aerodromes, and ancillary services in the Sheikh's
territory," including "the sole right to supply either directly
or through their Agents, fuel and lubricants to users of the
Aerodromes ... ", and
(b) the siibsequent Political Agreement between IX M G. and B.A,P.(XQ.
dated 29th June, 19X£, in which the Conpany agreed (inter alia)
that notwithstanding anything in its prior Agreements with the
, /Sheikh
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 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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