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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [91r] (188/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers.
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r.
vomibq 3tre2? ,
24th May, 1929•
69055/29•
Sir,
I am directed by Mr Secretary Amery to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter Bo .3 .28353/S*6.
of the 13th of May regarding the concession for the
exploitation of oil granted by the Shaikh of Bahrein
to the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited.
2* Mr Amery notes that the Air Council are
interested in future developments in the island of
Bahrein owing to the existence on the island of a
landing ground, to the maintenance of which they attach
great importance in connection with the development of
the air route on the southern shores of the Persian
Gulf. Mr Amery would be glad to learn whether possession
of the site of this landing ground has been acquired by
the Council by lease or otherwise, and, if not, in whose
ownership it is at present and ishat action the Council
proposes to take in order to obtain possession.
3. In view of the fact that the concession already
granted to the Eastern and General Syndicate contains
no clause prohibiting the erection of obstructions in
the vicinity of this landing ground, kr Amery anticipates
that it may be difficult at this stage, if not
impossible, adequately to safeguard the position.
I am , etc .,
(Sd.) O.G.R. WILLIAMS.
secretary
axe ministry.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; RAF (Royal Air Force) officials at the Iraq Command; the High Commissioner of Iraq at Baghdad; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and members of No. 203 Squadron RAF.
The correspondence concerns the establishment of an air route along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; seaplane reconnaisance missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. carried out by No. 203 Squadron RAF; the construction of landing grounds, seaplane anchorages and refuelling stations at various locations along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Kuwait, al-Ḥasā’, Bahrain, Qatar, Ṣīr Banī Yās, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwayn, Ra's al-Khaymah, Muscat and Maṣīrah island.
Also included within these papers are:
- Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island (f. 85);
- Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulations of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 (f. 65);
- Plan Showing Landing Ground in Bahrein (f. 108B);
- Details of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond's 1929 air journey to India;
- Details of Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon's 1931-32 air journey to India.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:76v, 78v:84v, 86r:107v, 108ar:108av, 109r:118v, 121v:122v, 124v:163v, 163ar:163av, 164r:198v, 198ar:198av, 199r:246v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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