"ملف رقم ٠٤٣٦/٥١ اتفاقية طيران الشارقة" [و‎‎٧‎١] (٢٠٠/١٤١)

No. 55
(G.A. 58/5)
CONFIDENTIAL .
FOREIGN OFFICE, S. W. 1.
6th April, 1951.
Sir,
I have to refer to Your Excellency’s letter 1389/4
of the 21st February regarding the airfield at Sharjah and
to earlier correspondence on the subject of the Sharjah Air
Agreement.
2. I now enclose three copies of redrafts of the Air
Agreement and of the exchange of letters, which were origi
nally sent to you under cover of despatch No.60 of the 19th
November 1948, and which received the provisional approval
of the late Shaikh in February, 1949 (see the enclosure to
your despatch No. 14 of the 1st March, 1949)- Amendments to
this Agreement have been kept to a minimum in order not to
raise new difficulties in negotiations with the present
Shaikh. Draft Air Navigation Regulations are also enclosed.
They are based upon those of Kuwait, with certain modifica
tions. The amendments to the Agreement and Regulations
have not yet been finally agreed with the Ministry of Civil
Aviation, and the draft texts are being sent to you for your
preliminary comments and suggestions in order to save time.
You should not, however, make any approach to the Shaikh
until final clearance is given.
3. The following comments upon the new draft are explana
tory of the changes that have been made in the old agree
ment. The title has been replaced by the form used in the
Kuwait Agreement. In Article 1 "operate" has been substitu
ted for "use", since we are not claiming exclusive rights
of usage, and also "aerodrome or aerodromes" for "an air
station and an aerodrome", since there seems to be no
useful distinction to be made between them. In view of the
/fact
His Excellency
Lieutenant Colonel
Sir Rupert Hay, K. C. I. E. , C. S. I.
Etc. , etc. , etc. ,
Bahrain.
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