مجموعة ٥/٨ "بلاد فارس: تطوير الطيران التجاري – خدمة يونكرز الجوية" [و‎‎٨‎٧] (٥٧١/١٧٣)

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL
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Mr. Hoare to Sir John Simon.—{Received JanuaAvy 19, 1932.)
(No. 728.)
Tehran, December 29, 1931.
I HAVE the honour to refer to my despatch No. 694 of the 9th December u -
last, and to transmit, herewith, a copy of a minute recording a conversation that
the military attache to this Legation had recently with Herr Weil, the
representative of Herren Junkers in this country.
2. I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India and to "His Majesty’s High Commissioner for Iraq.
I have, &c.
R. H. HOARE.
No. 1.
January 19, 1932.
Section 3.
Enclosure in No. 1
Minute by Military Attache, Tehran.
His Majesty's Minister,
1 SAW M. Weil, manager of Junkers Company in Persia, yesterday, and he
gave me the following information :—
E H e is making all arrangements to quit Persia. He has notified agencies
to book no passengers after January 1932, and all material for his service in
Persia, such as spare parts, has been stopped en route, at Bombay, Mohammerah,
Ac., for return to Dessau. Under present arrangements, the last ’plane will leave
Tehran for Bagdad on the 31st January, 1932, and will not return.
2. As regards the chances of Junkers’ obtaining an extension of contract for
their service in Persia : Negotiations are suspended pending the return of
Teymourtache. M. Weil was shown, on the 20th December, an'official telegram
in which Teymourtache states that he will be back in Persia on the 5th Januarv.
The Persian authorities have prepared a note regarding Junkers’ service to put
up to Teymourtache on his return. M. Weil understands that this note favours
an extension being granted to Junkers.
I asked M. Weil about our bag, and he could only advise waiting until
Teymourtache returns, which is what M. Weil is doing himself.
3. The following are the three points on which Junkers are insisting. Other
matters, such as the establishment of an aviation school, training of pilots. &c
can, it is thought, be easily and amicably arranged
(i) An Extension of Contract for at least Ten Years.
Nothing short of ten years will be economically profitable. If an extension is
obtained, the present aircraft, types J.13 and W.33, will be replaced by a type
such as the T .52, with 850-h.p. Armstrong £ Leopard engine, lifting a payin°'
load of 3 to 4 tons. This change in aircraft will cost Junkers a considerable
outlay, not only the cost of the new aeroplanes, but also exporting old parts and
importing new spares and material for the larger aeroplanes.
M. Weil explained that at present his company are in a strong position as
no other organisation is ready to carry on his air service. Should he take a
shorter contract, say, for three years, with the hope of renewing ao'ain for a
fuithei period, by that time the Persian Government might have arranged a
suitable rival. 1 5
Only on one condition will Junkers consider a shorter contract, and that is if
the Persian Government will join them in partnership, furnishing 49 per cent
of the capital, and taking a like percentage of the profit or loss involved.
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