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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [177r] (353/429)
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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Enclosure (b) - Copy of memorandum No.C/283 dated 7th February ^
1944 from the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain, to the
Chief Local Representative, the Bahrain Petroleum
Company Limited, Bahrain, (Copy to A.L.O. Bahrain)
As you have already been verbally informed the Royal Air
Force are anxious to instal certain storage tanks on lands leased
to the Air Ministry on Maharraq Island for the petrol supply for
the Royal Air Force machines. I shall be grateful to know whether
you will have any objection to this proposal in view of Article
4.Q)) of the Deed of Further Modification of Lease dated the 29th
December 1934 between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited and
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain.
2. It is also possible that the Royal Air Force may desire to
lay a pipeline from Sitra to Maharraq in connection with the air
craft re-fuelling scheme which has been discussed with you by the
Air Liaison Officer. I shall be glad to know whether you are
prepared to give formal permission for certain portions of this
line to pass through your Concession area.
jSRg.lQs. 4 re ( cl - Copy of letter No.C/PA-124 dated 8th February
19^4 from the Chief Local Representative, the
Bahrain Petroleum Co., Ltd., Bahrain, to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain.
Please refer to your confidential letter No.C/283 dated
7th February 1944.
The Company objects to the installation of oil storage
tanks on Muharraq Island or elsewhere within the domains of His
Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain unless such installations are the
property of the Company or the Company has the option of pur
chasing same.
The Company is willing to erect any tankage necessary for
the use of the Royal Air Force at Muharraq and will endeavour to
obtain the necessary materials, equipment and labour required.
If, however, the Company is not able to install the tankage in
the required time, the Company is prepared to enter into an
agreement with the Royal Air Force whereby they supply and erect
the tankage with the Company's assistance and at the Company's
expense or with the right of purchase by the Company.
The Company is agreeable to handling avhtion petrol shipped
from Abadan in such tanks until such time as aviation petrol may
be available from the Company's refinery.
The Company is prepared to install at its expense a pine-
line as required for the use of the Royal Air Force to the
boundary of certain areas reserved by the Company. The Company
will grant permission for the Royal Air Force to lay a pipeline
for use in its aircraft refuelling shheme, elsewhere within the
Company's concession area.
kRclosure .(d) - Copy of memorandum No.C/294 dated the 8th Febru
ary 1944 from the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain to
the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain.
I enclose for your information a copy of a letter which I
have received from the Chief Local Representative of the Bahain
£?£ r 2 1 ? ua Go *» in answer to ray letter No.C/283 dated the
7th February 19<*4, copy of which was forwarded to you.
i suggest that possibly it would be a good thing if you
discuss question as early as possible with the Chief
Loc al Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.
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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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- Title
- Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’
- Pages
- 116r, 152r:152v, 177r, 178r
- Author
- Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
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