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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [‎73r] (145/429)

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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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5* A further point of policy is that we want to buy additional
land for the airfield at Muharraq, for which we mst have the Sheikh’s
goodwill. Similarly at l&ntijna land will have to be bought or leased
for the shore tank installations now conteupdated. These things will
be easier if there is no controversy, involving the Sheikh himself, over
the tankage question. In the oase of Ifanama, the service hitherto has
been provided on rough and ready lines, by tins stacked on shore and
cap tied into fuel launches for the flying boats. This service has been
provided for by A.I*(XC. for SLdiUC. and R.A.P. As a temporaxy
expedient A. X. 0« G. have recently met the bulk storage difficulty by
using a dunfo barge moored by the Jetty. This, however, is an inefficicrt
arcangeroent and also presents a serious fire hazard. !Bie proper course
is uo construct a tank installation ashore. This installation would be
part of the shore buildings of the airport. IfB.0. A.C. (or A. I. 0. C.
as their agents) were given a free hand to provide the tankage and
manage it, there is little doubt that this would raise the same
controversy as at Miharraq. Further, the controversy would con* back
upon H. H G* , seeing that B, 0. A. C, are only there by authority from us
under our Civil Air Agreement with the Sheikh. The tanks at Muharraq
are B.A.F. property and were constructed under our supervision and for
the same way the tankage at Manama should be provided by us
and managed as our property. Bie only question is over the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
which we should choose.
general policy which we reached at the conference was as
follows:~
(1) Miharraq - We should instruct the A. 0.0. Iraq and Persia to
inform B. A. ?. C, 0. f s local representative that the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
woik had been reviewed as a whole. It was understood that
the Conpany claimed monopoly rights in the matter and might
even go to law over it. The & A. F. authorities were fully
within their rights in providing and operating storage
tanks, which were a necessary part of the working of the
airport. Biey were, however, anxious to reach a friendly
settlement of the matter, without any prejudice to
thair lesal rights now or in the future. They had therefore
/arranged

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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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