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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [‎144v] (288/429)

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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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first place that, inasmuch as full effect could presumably
be given to the sole right granted to His Majesty's Government
under their agreement with the Sheikh dated 6 th June 1934,
to supply fuel to users of the aerodromes established
thereunder, without the actual erection or operation of storage
tanks, it could not fairly be suggested that there was
anything to prevent the Sheikh subsequently grantees to the
Bahrain Petroleum Company the exclusive right to erict and
operate such tanks. When, however, the Coup any later agreed
with His Majesty's Government under the Political Agreement
of the 29th June, that nothing in their previous
agreement with the Sheikh should give them the right "to use
or occupy" or "include in t&e areas selected for the purpose
of their operations" any sites selected by His-Majesty's
Government for defence purposes for aerodromes, they in faot ^
limited the area within which inter alia their exclusive
right to erect and operate storage tanks could be exercised.
such reliance as might be placed on their expressed desire
(recited in the Political Agreement) to submit to the
influence of His Majesty's Government within the 'Sheikh's
territories - I do not think it could properly be contended
that they would nevertheless be entitled to prevent others
from erecting and operating storage tanks on the sites in
question**'. W ,
In the circumstances - and apart altogether from
(Sgd.) K. Me .-I -Kertp,
24th March 1944*

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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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