Skip to item: of 429
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [‎128v] (256/429)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

*
gallons from the tanks and the fuelling of this into the aircraft.
All that the BAPCO people would do would be to let off X gallons
on demand. Te thereupon sent our further telegraiq^ of 21st
lihrch, AX. 424 , instructing 3.A.3?* Headquarters to arrange, if
poss hie, for A.I.O.C. to continue to act as our agents in
providing re-fuelling services as hitherto. dr Headquarters
telegraphed hack on 22nd Jferch, saying that this was all in
order and would he continued.
Lfeantime we were waiting for the legal position to he
established beyond doubt. It was only after our first telegram
( 13 th luarch) had gone that we began to see that our legal position
was much stronger than we had thought. This being so, we had it
in mind to take advantage before long of our having safeguarded the
position in respect of the lease of land and ownership of tanks and
to say to the Bahrein Company that from some given date we will
maintain the tanks ourselves. Probably also we would take
responsibility for the bulk petrol delivered into these tanks.
On receiving your letter we reviewed the local position
afresh. Y/e do not know for certain that the proposals in para. 5 cf
the letter of 19th Karch have been carried out, seeing that in their
telegram of 1 7th March they reported that BAPCO thought we should
operate and maintain the tanks ourselves. This is exactly what we
want. We have, therefore, telegraphed to A. 0. C. Iraq and Persia
asking him to take this up. This, is irrespective of the legal
position. Why we did not do this before we just cannot reconstruct
I am sending a copy of this to Berthoud.
Yours

About this item

Content

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [‎128v] (256/429), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2045, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049676105.0x00003b> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100049676105.0x00003b">Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [&lrm;128v] (256/429)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100049676105.0x00003b">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000247/IOR_L_PS_12_2045_0259.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000247/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image