مجموعة ٨٧/٥س "الولايات المتحدة: طلب الحصول على حقوق عبور جوي عسكري في الهند وبورما" [و‎‎١‎٣‎١] (٦٠٩/٢٦١)

15. We cannot coLiuit the Government of India to any
agreement regarding the Indian portion of the route.
In view? however 9 of our common strategic interest in
granting the American request 3 it would he desirable for
the Government of India to proceed with their negotiations
with the U.S. Government on a basis corresponding as
closely as possible with the t which we have proposed
above. vV T e suggest that the U.S. Government could be
informed that we were very willing, to use our good
offices with the Government of India to assist the
progress of negotiations if the Americans so desired.
We consider that the India Office should be asked i-
(a) To press the Government of India to reopen
negotiations with the U.S. Government for
military transit rights as opposed to rights
"on a special mission basis” only.
(b) To press the Government of India to modify the
conditions they have proposed so as to
conform as clusely as possible with those
set out in paragraph 7 above.
(c) To inform the Government of India that we do
not propose to press for reciprocal rights.
RhCOimxnMBilTIONS
16. We recommend that i -
(a) Copies of this paper should be sent, to the
Foreign Office 'and Ministry bf Civil
Aviation.
(b) A copy of this paper should be sent to the
Burma Office with a request that after
consultation with the Government of Burma
they should agree to the negotiations below
covering airfields in Burma 9 and that they
should be asked to nominate the airfield
which the Government of Burma propose to
make available.
(c) The Foreign Office should be asked to continue
negotiations with the U.S. Government 9
welcoming the proposal as a whole and
granting the American request as regards
territories for which we are in a position
to accept a commitment,, i.e. Tripolitania
and Burma under the conditions set out above 5
adding that we would be very willing to use
our good offices with the Government of
India to enable a similar agreement to be
negotiated with them if the U.S. Government
so desired. I
(d) A copy of this paper should be sent to the India
Office under cover of the letter at Annex II.
(Signed) J.F.STEVENS
J.H.F.POETT
Offices of the Cabinet and G.H.MILLS
Minister of Defence 9 S.W.l.
2 nd AUGUST 5 1946.
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