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Ext 6588/47 'Air action in Aden Protectorate: copy of Secretary of State for Colonies minute to PM, 9 May 1947: note by External Department on Bombing on North West Frontier' [7r] (13/46)
The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 10 May 1947-19 May 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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l4tti Uay, 1947
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!isuiy thanks x'or the copies of your
secretary oi* state's ialnute to the irifae
i lister of 9th Iny rnd of the rioie linister's
reply of 10th l.tTy enclosod with your letter
of !%th laf (No. T&nn/^T). !y Secretary of
state does not thi iK that it will be necessary
or the Irtiia Office to be represe ited at the
'aeeting of the Defence Committee at which the
paper winout'Air action>in the Aden protectorate
is to be considered but, in view of the
i eference to air action on the iorth Vest
Frontier of India last 3e teaber, has asked
mo to send you the enclosed note.
It might also be useful to re.er to
a paper about air action on the Indo-Afghan
Frontier which was circulated in 3eptember,
1945. You will find this in O.P.( J5)150 of
5th Jepte iber when Ministers accepted the
necessity Ibr allowing the Government of India
to resort to air action "with the minia.ua
force required". In that particular case it
was unnecesaary to oruer bombing operations,
but you may care to look at the minutes of
the meeting of the Defence Committee of l^th
Jepte ber, 1945 when the paper I have mentioned
. dmonds, .*sq.
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This file contains correspondence and minutes regarding conflict in the Aden Protectorate and on the North West Frontier. The minutes cover the following: an attack on Ahwar-Habban in the western part of the Aden Protectorate; air actions and future policy; the Dhala incident and recommended actions; reference to the air action attack in Bromi Khel, Pakistan, in August 1947.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for India and Burma and officials of the Colonial Office.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (21 folios)
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The file's contents 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23, 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/12/1241
- Title
- Ext 6588/47 'Air action in Aden Protectorate: copy of Secretary of State for Colonies minute to PM, 9 May 1947: note by External Department on Bombing on North West Frontier'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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