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Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’ [188r] (375/429)
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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(649) Wt. 82494—<220*4 1000 b 4 MTU 10/43 G-S.St. Gp 626
A.M. Form 1700
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INDEXED ^ SECRET
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WARNING.—This cypher message must first be paraphrased if it Is necessary t0 publish
its text or to communicate it to persons outside British Government
Services and Departments. Messages marked OnefTime Pad : M O.T.P.”
are excepted from this rule.
SECX.
757
Rc:o t d AMCS. 131551A March 194^.
TO: A.O.C-i n-C Middle: East (R) A.O.C. Iraq and
Pers i a.
FROM: Air Ministry Whitehall
1-MMED1 ATE SECRET.-
SECX. 757 13th March 1944.
1* Reference your 0166 Feb.20th. Political
Resident 23rd February reported to
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.
that
Bahrein Petroleum Company would invoke clause of
their agreement giving them exclusive right to construct
and operate storage Tanks within Sheikh t s dominions.
2. Whole question discussed here by
departments concerned and following principles of
action were decided:-
(a) Work will be carried out as R.A.F.
undertaking for operational purposes
and administered as R.A.F. concern.
(b) Land will be leased by R.A.F. and will
NOT BE SUB-LEASED.
(c) Tanks will be bought by R.A.F.
(c) In view of legal position expedient
that tanks should be supplied by Bahrein
Company if this can be done without
material delay as against any other source,
AND WE SHOULD ASK THEM TO INSTaL AS OUR
AGENTS FOR THE WORKS.
5. !ndia Office are informing Political
Resident on these lines.
4. R.A.F. authorities should now take
EXECUTIVE ACTION. THIS PLAN SAFEGUARDS GENERAL
position vis a vis Americans and at same time uses
Bahrein Company if no material delay involved.
5. Understand from your 0116 land is being
sub-leased to Bahrein Company. This would be changed
over to para 2 (a) and (b).
6 .
clFFICULT IES
If you see any overrising objections or
in connection with foregoing you should
/at once
BEiia. pcl. la*!, i
Note.—In the Interests of economy, both sides of this sheet should be used.
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.
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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’
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- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:58v, 60r:64v, 66r:87v, 88v:115v, 116v:151v, 154r:176v, 177v, 178v:214r, back-i, back
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