مجموعة ٥/٤٣ "مرافق الطيران الليلي في الخليج الفارسي فيما يتعلق ببرنامج البريد الجوي الإمبراطوري" [و‎‎٧‎٢] (١٥٧/١٤٣)

London and Calcutta shall be available for ni^ht flying
within the next tv'elve ncnths c Such an arrangecient is
not only desirable fron the present general standpoint
of the development of world aviation, but is called for
ar a necessary preliminary to the development of the main
f
scheme for the Fmpire Air Routes as from 1937 c It
appears essential to get this first phase of the Scheme
in full development during 1936, leaving the further
development of the routes to South Africa ana. beyond
Calcutta to follow as quickly as possible.
In the circumstances, the Government of the
United Kingdom would as a the Government of
to consider the possibility of providing the facilities
set out in the Schedule attached, hereto which appear
to then to be the minimum which would suffice to meet
the situation. They feel great diffidence in putting
forward such a suggestion as to the facilities which
should be provided, but do so in the hope that the
Government of will appreciate their desire
to assist consideration of the matter to the utmost.
The Government of the United Kingdom would
further suggest that the matters dealt with herein would
be greatly facilitated if a small party of official
experts from the Air ministry and the Post Office were
to visit in the near future with a view to
discussing the financial and technical aspects on the
spot, as soon as the Government of
have had an opportunity of considering the proposals
tentatively outlined herein.