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Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’ [469r] (937/1088)
The record is made up of 1 file (542 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945. 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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COPY.
iMPi^xiIAL AIHWaYo LIMITED.
HB/PS/19E1.
14th February, 1933
Dear Bertram,
I very much regret that I have not been able to write
to you earlier on the subject of our proposed Agreement with the
Bahrein (Government, which was discussed at our meeting at Gwydyr
House on the 2nd January.
In regard to Article 3 of the draft agreement, there is
no objection to the amendment as suggested, but since there
appears to be some possibility of another aerodrome site
proving better than the existing two, might we leave the
article to read:-
"Every aircraft of the Company arriving in
Bahrein from abroad shall land either at
the Royal Air Force aerodrome at Manamah or
on the aerodrome at Muharraq or elsewhere
as agreed”
The question of whether the aerodrome at Muharraq
should be leased to Imperial Airways or not, can perhaps be
entirely omitted from this article, as it does not, in fact,
affect the agreement.
In regard to Article 6 (c^ we have no objection whatever
to employees of the Company who are not disembarking at Bahrein
being required to produce to the passport control officer valid
international passports. They will all be in possession of valid
passports, which are needed for various foreign countries.
At the same time, it would be very desirable from our
point of view if this requirement were not specified in the
agreement, as we are anxious that the crews of internationally
operating air companies shall be treated just as the crews
of the mercantile Marine, who, of course, are not required to
produce passports when they are merely calling at a port. We
believe that in time this practice will become universal and we
are anxious to avoid making its adoption difficult by the
inclusion of such paragraphs in agreements which are now being-
entered into.
I am wondering however if the suggested paragraph should
not read : "Employees of the Company disembarking at Bahrein"
instead of not disembarking at Bahrein - "Will also be required
to carry valid international passportsV
Articles 8 and 9 . These articles are, of course, the
crux of the whole matter with the Bahrein Government, and I
think, to get the matter clear, we ought to divide our claim
for exemption from customs duty into the three classes of goods
which come into the question:-
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The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional reference is made to similar agreements with Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. It also covers the preliminary negotiations in 1933 between Imperial Airways and the Government of Bahrain, and the file contains three draft versions of this agreement: see folios 489-495, 516-518, and 533-539. The latter negotiations are superseded by negotiations for the Civil Air Agreement, following a decision to standardise civil aviation procedures across the Arab Shaikhdoms.
Issues related to Muharraq Aerodrome and the Manama Flying Boat base are also covered in the file, which includes the application of a legal definition of an aerodrome to Bahrain, and efforts to define the geographical extent of these air bases. This includes negotiations with the Government of Bahrain for the purchase of additional land round the Muharraq Airfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF), and the extension of facilities such as the pier at Manama. A sketch map produced by the Government of Bahrain in 1944 can be found on folio 133 in relation to a proposal from the British Government to acquire an area – referred to as area 'C' – adjacent to the Muharraq Aerodrome for the RAF.
A map can be found on folio 245 showing the approaches to Bahrain harbour, which is included as a result of negotiations to establish a flying boat service through Bahrain in 1937.
The Arabic language content is limited to a copy of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934), which contains both Arabic and English translations (see folios 332-348), and a few items of additional correspondence with the Shaikh of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Shaikh, Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah].
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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Hugh Weightman, and Charles Geoffrey Prior), 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. at Bahrain, officials of the Air Ministry, and 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. . Occasional reference is made to the Government of Bahrain via Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
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 (542 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 543; 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 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’
- Pages
- 469r:472v, 531r:532v
- Author
- Burchall, Harold
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