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'File 11/34 Defence: Muscat War Subsidy' [169r] (337/445)
The record is made up of 1 file (220 folios). It was created in 4 Feb 1941-10 Mar 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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3b/151 & 81/72.
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Note of
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a Meeting at 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.
on 12th February•
MUSCAT war SjlbSJIJl
TRhiSKNT: Mr .ji .P .Donaldson
H J.A.Nasmyth
M T.Wikely
** (i.C.h.Dodds
major P.h.stileman
Wing-Commander S.6.Grant
m the Chair
Treasury
foreign off ice.
Admiral ty.
war Office.
Air Ministry
Mr.B.Humphrey s-Davies Air Ministry.
Major H.Jones Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Mr.E.Ratcliffe Cousins Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Mr .P.A*K.Harrison
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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Miss odgers -
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 Meeting considered in order the five points
referred to in paragraph 3 of Mr.Donaldson’s circular
letter to Departments of 30th January.
I a j For what further period will the existing
facilities under the War Subsidy Agreement
be required?
The Air Ministry and Ministry of Civi 1 Aviation
representatives said that their Departments would like to
Oe able to use the facilities they at present enjoyed
until the end of 19 46. ^ Their requirements after this
date are referred to in (b) below)• The Air Ministry
would not need facilities at Khor huwai and Gwadur after
the *nd of this year. The Ministry of Civil Aviation
representatives mentioned that a strategic service was
at present in operation on the route balalah-Masirah-
Jiwani-har achi but this would stop as soon as the military
necessity ended. The Admiralty had no requirements at
present, since Khor Kuwai had been transferred to the
H.A.F., though the possibility of their requiring facilities
at some future date could not be exdluded.
1b ) what air facilities wil l b e required i n Musc at
territory _after the termi na tion of the War oupsidy Ag r eement ?
The Air Ministry representatives said they were
primarily interested in Masirah, Has al Hadd and Salalah.
The d.A.F. would need the right to operate from, and keep
strategic stores at, the airfields at these places and
to move in personnel as required. if thd airfields could
be maintained by civil aviation operators this would be
so much the better. The M.C.A. said that it was difficult
to foresee further than the end of this year, but they had
no charter to operate uneconomic services and, when the
present Houth Arabian strategic service was discontinued,
they might have no further requirements on Muscat territory.
it was mentioned that the Government of India had
nearly a year ago put forward proposals for a new Muscat
Civil Air Agreement. These proposals had not yet been
definitely formulated for presentation to the bultan.
The M.C.A.’s requirements after the end of 1946 might be
covered by this agreement if it was made in the name of
His Majesty's Government as well as the Government of India,
and a suggestion had recently been made for the obtaining
of the H.A.F.’s requirements after this date by an exchange
of letters to be appended to the Civil Aviation Agreement.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials - primarily from the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat and the 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 Bushire - regarding defence arrangements in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
Specifically, the correspondence discusses the following: plans for the potential deployment of troops in the Sultanate; details of how the 'war subsidy' provided by Britain was being spent by its ruler, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; the possible appointment of a security officer on the 'Arab side of the Gulf'; and plans for the continuation of the 'war subsidy' being paid in spite of the end of the Second World War.
The file contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat and Said bin Taimur that is in Arabic (with English translation attached).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following related documents:
- A draft intelligence report on Muscat (folios 4-29)
- 'Notes for an Infantry Brigade and attached troops in the Muscat Area' (folios 41-42)
- 'Muscat and Oman, including Khor Kuwai. Port Summary' (folios 64-73)
- 'Note of a meeting at 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. on 12th February: Muscat War Subsidy' (folios 161-162).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (220 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 222; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-203; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 94-221, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/6/387
- Title
- 'File 11/34 Defence: Muscat War Subsidy'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:53v, 56r:93r, 94v:106v, 108r:114v, 116r:138v, 139v:143v, 144v:211v, 212ar, 212r:221v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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