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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' [14v] (28/46)
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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whom it is likely to he used. It is indeed in many
cases the ultimate sanction to which the Government
can turn. Though open to criticism, the practice
is, I am assured, in suitable circumstances and
with the safeguards laid down, the most effective
method of maintaining order and the least costly in
human life. • _rThe casualties on such occasions are
usually negligible if not non-existent, and as ..
time goes on, the occasions requiring the use of this ^
sanction become progressively rarer.
(iii) The conditions under which air action is Used .
The conditions which must be fulfilled before
punitive air action is authorised and which have always
been observed, were formally defined and-laid down in
19U3 as follows:-
(1) Air action is a sanction which must be used
sparingly and only when no milder alternative
form of punishment is likely to be effective.
(2) It should not be used without giving delinquents
an option of avoiding it by making submission
and giving adequate guarantees of future good
behaviour.
10 VO
(3) There should be clear and specific charges v/hich
the offenders should be required to answer
before any penalties are imposed upon them.
(U) ,Vhen the culprit is a Treaty Chief it is
important that action .against him should if
ti , + possible avoid breach between Government and-
his tribe as a whole.
In regard to the incident on the Ahwar-Habban road the
Governor reports that the first three conditions are
fulfilled while the fourth does not apply-
(iv)/
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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)
- Arrangement
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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