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Coll 5/68 ‘Air route to India: Air facilities on the Arab Coast; Security of the Air Route; emergency landing arrangements’ [45r] (94/113)
The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 17 Jun 1939-11 Mar 1940. 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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which opinion appears to differ somewhat from that held by
the Air Officer Commanding, I submit that it can only render
the Resident’s task in a crisis more difficult if he receives
what seem to be conflicting points of view on the use of
aerodromes by aircraft* This is a technical point on which
he must rely on the opinion of some one authority. It
appears to me that the competent authority in this case is
the xiir Officer Commanding who is the representative of the
nir Ministry for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and that it is on the
opinion of tnis official that the Resident must rely*
(b) With regard to the re-arrangement of their
time-tables mentioned by Imperial airways. Doubtless this
may cause minor difficulties, but it seems to me essential
only
that safety should come before schedule. It was^he land-
plane service which would have been affected, and the land-
planes could have night-stopped at either Jiunri or Bahrain
without much dislocation of time-tables.
(c) With regard to Imperial Airways suggestion in
the last sentence of your paragraph 2 * The responsibility
for deciding whether such technical action is necessary lies,
it seems to me, with the ^ir Officer Commanding. At the
same time such technical action has to be considered from
the political point of view. Further, it is essential in
case of urgency that both the xtir Officer Commanding and the
Resident should be informed as speedily as possible of the
technical requirements of the Company. I suggest therefore
that such requests should be addressee to the ~ir Officer
Commanaing as well as tne Resident - your telegram under
reference was not repeated to tne Air Officer Commanding.
3e
Reference your paragraph 3 .
/ (a)
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The file contains correspondence related to the security of the Arab Coast Air Route, used by both Imperial Airways and the Royal Air Force (RAF). The majority of the file is devoted to proposals made by Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. , in his letter dated 28 June 1939: see folios 44-50. His proposals can be summarised as follows:
- Alternative landing facilities should be established for use in the event of civil disturbances at Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai].
- 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. should be given the discretion – in the event he is unable to consult the home government – to use force against ‘troublesome Shaikhs’ that threaten the continued operation of the Air Route.
There is also a small amount of discussion in the file around the possibility of negotiating a fresh agreement with the Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah for the provision of air facilities.
The main correspondents in the file 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. (Charles Geoffrey Prior), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, 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. (J P Gibson and Roland Tennyson Peel). The Admiralty is also consulted over the Resident's proposals.
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 (55 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 56; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2030
- Title
- Coll 5/68 ‘Air route to India: Air facilities on the Arab Coast; Security of the Air Route; emergency landing arrangements’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:56v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence