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Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities' [50r] (100/115)
The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1933-17 Jan 1935. 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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understand that no other suitable base exists in the
Eastern area of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and that Muscat,
remote as it is, would furnish the next best
subs ti tute.
5. In such eventuality whether the Makalla
Depot (at Muscat) or the establishment of a barge
depot in Katrail Bay would be best, is a technical
question which can only be answered by the competent
Naval authorities.
6. Prom a per^il of the Senior Naval
Officer’s confidential memorandum No. 15B/15G/45/8
dated 17th August 1929 to the address of the
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, it would
appear that the latran Bay scheme is the more
favoured project.
7. None the less, should emergency arise it
would seem likely that a land depot for stores
might also be required. Matrah does not afford
facilities for such purposes and MaKalla appears to
be the only alternative.
8. To give up the present Mamalla Station and
later to have to seek for a renewal of the
concession, might lead to possible difficulties
(and delays) with the Muscat Government.
9. Should the opening up of the Basrah-.aden
Air Route be speeded up in the near future, it
seems probable that Muscat, being the last point of
contract with "civilization** in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
area, will be developed as an advanced base ibr
stores from Basrah.
10. Aviation fuel for R. A. F. Plying Boats is at
present stored in the Makalla Depot and should the
supposition in paragraph 9 materialise, this and
o the r/
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Correspondence relating to the transfer of administrative and financial control of the site of a coal depot at Mokalla, Muscat, from the Royal Indian Navy to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The papers deal with questions of cost, the building of a new petrol store, securing concessions for the site from the Sultan of Muscat, and what to do with the old fire engine. The main correspondents include officials of the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department and Marine Department), Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, RAF, Hinaidi, Air Ministry, and the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (55 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2974
- Title
- Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:15v, 17r:56v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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