مجموعة ٨٤/٥(٣) "مشيخات الخليج الفارسي: اتفاقية العبور الجوي الأنجلو-فرنسية (حقوق الطيران العسكري المتبادلة في العبور الجوي )" [و‎‎٨‎٩] (٥٣٣/١٧٧)

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2 «m^»arry that we here not been able to lot you have
a reply before to your letter of 6 th Au^met about th© /inglo-
French military Air Iran a it A/ : ;T©emen if 1 may I will
deal with th© point© one by one*
t * fou will no doubt here ©eon a eo,iy of our
deapatoh ?lo* 606 of Uth 5^eptember to Cairo, which we think
takes core of the Egyptian es eot of the problem
-Pd^ Falfa# e feel thrit the ;. { ypti na 9 if ; rooche
would alcioot oeruinly create difficulties, a© the rrcocU
clearly realise, aau accordingly we agree to your telling the
French that they nay eon tin tie to use the airfield at v,ady
Haifa, so far a© we ore concerned, until the ^yptians try to
in erfare* This position ia not very aatiafaetory but we een
see no other oltematlTe*
3* flunae* e here written to the Wmwm office asking
them whether they are yet in a position to tell uc the result
of the apprweeh to the oowemment of Buraa*
(ffice asking theta to let us kaov the position about the
Irnaln i field fees at ^heriah and permission for the use of
that airfield, and slab the position at ^sirah -O Ci
1 h< ve inciuentally ^uat had a letter from u rrii on at
the uoiwaonweal th .ielntlone tffice aoylnr; that ti\e l olitical
Resldcsnt in the 2 ersl^n Gulf has informsd the sultan of
2!uscat of the emergency landing rights in J uaoat territory
whioh we propose to jrent to the irench« fhe iultars, in
reply, enquired under which article of the Civil Air qrcement
we have with him, military aircraft other than thoee be Ion. in g
to the Royal Air Koroe could fly over or land in * uso?<t
territory* e propose to reply to the sultan explaining that
the draft agreement glvec no general rights for the French to
fly over ox* land in Musest territory and that His fejesty's
Government's request is not based on any provision of the
Civil Air Agreement* At the s&me time we coulv tell the
dultan, as would appear from Annex B to the Agreement, that
the route by which the French are proposing to fly is
iharjah to Karachi (a direct line between which places would
not pass over Itascat territory), and the French woulu only
stake landings at aerodromes in Muscat territory in cess of
emergency* We do not therefore anticipate that it should
be bard to obtain the miltan's consent*
one difficulty however arises* feu Mention in your
letter of 6 th August that the French at protect aec little
prospect of obtaining the Indian Government's peralseion to
transit India* Mhe coonnnwe^lth Relation*! iff ice therefore
e hove eilso written to the commonwealth ©lotion*
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