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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [84v] (168/429)
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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issue* Thi» Civil iir Agreement relates to Ifenaae. but the same
■— ' •
aanpiaBnt applies equally to Bih&rraq^ it haring been agreed between
T/'
J n»2& '>» and ^A*P«C^(X in JUne 1940 that the Oxipaqy have no concern
at within any site selected ty us as an air base for defence purposes#
4# In ordinary course we would have no hesitation in standing
f***, - .
f indy by our limits in this mstten There are however two policy
considerations which qualify thlsj-
w
(a) 5* & c. Ql have been wery helpful to the 14 A. ?• and
local relations hare hitherto been very good* It is
important that these good relatione shall continue,
it being borne in ndnd that this 0O£»>any have t e entire
ri^itS of exploitation of oil in Bahrein and will before
^ ~ ; long be the sole supplier of i^etxxd. in bulk to these two
stations#
(b) If the matter goes to the Courts it will certainly be
misrepresented in America that we have deliberately chosen
A* I# Q»C* as our Agents and cancelled the contract with
B*A#2*C4Gk because the latter is virtually on American
company. , is cannot afford at the present tine to have
s dispute of tills kind over a natter which is really of
secondary inportanos. This American Coopery Is firmly
«
established, so that there is no large ooisserclal interest
at stake. It really cones to a matter of saving face for
jthe Anglo-Iranian, and It is thought th"t this can be done
ty allowing them to continue to do the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
work of
refuelling aircrcL t in detail#
A further point of policy is that we now have to buy additional lani at j f f
I'Uharraq, for which we oust have the dhelkh'a goodwill* Similarly, at
Ifenama land will have to be bought for the shore tank Installation now
ccnteagxLated* .These things will be easier if there is no controversy.
Involving the dlielkh himself, over the tankage question* In the case
of Manama, the service hitherto has been good on rough and ready lines,
* .A.,
by barrels stacked on shore and emptied into fuel launches for the
flying boats. This service has been provided for by
/a,o.A.c.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2045
- 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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