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‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’ [3r] (5/246)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1943-14 Dec 1944. It was written in English. 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 Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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I understood that (a) was necessitated by the fact that
the swing bridge on the causeway could only carry a load
of five tons and that the petrol tank lorries which were
to be used to bring the petrol from the bulk storage at
Sitrah to Maharrq weighed, when full, something in the
neighbourhood of 20 tons, (b) - accefamodation would not
be available in the Moyal Air Force Linos and that it would
be essential to construct huts for the Americans, probably
of pre-fabrieated materials, and (e) - that the Americans
would have their own wireless installation owing to the
Hoyal Air Force Wireless already having as much work as it
could be expected to deal with.
3. In reply to a question from me the Air Liaison Officer
informed me that he had already spoken to the Adviser and
obtained what he describe 1 '! his un-official approval on
behalf of the Bahrain Government. Me saw the Adviser on his
way to fciaharraq aerodrome about 3 p.m. on the 17th and again
met him the same evening. I understand that neither meeting
was by appointment but both appear to have been completely
accidental. The Air Lia,ison Officer mentioned that he had
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telephoned to Major ye q ^fter his conversations with Mr.
Belgrave and that he had told him that he had sounded the
Bahrain Government unofficially and did not expect that
they would have any objection to the proposals.
4. I informed the Air Liaison Officer that it was clearly
wrong of him to have ted any direct communication whtsoever
with the Bahrain Government on an important matter like this,
and that he most undoubtedly should have approached me in the
first instance. I pointed out to him tlg^by going direct
to the Adviser and then informing Major Reycn of the result
of his QonverVjt*
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?, however un-offieial it might have been,
he may have very g*a*iously handicapped us in our future
dealings with the -United States authorities in regard to the
present proposal.
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The file contains copies of correspondence, reports and other papers concerning oil storage facilities requested by the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC) at Muharraq airfield in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham); the Royal Air Force (RAF) Air Liaison Officer (ALO) at Bahrain, Squadron Leader W A Chase; representatives of the Air Ministry and 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. .
The file includes:
- correspondence and notes, chiefly written by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain during the period November to December 1943, concerning meetings held with the ALO at Bahrain, US Army and RAF officials, concerning the USATC’s requests for Bahrain and Sharjah (specifically, aviation fuel supplies, accommodation and wireless facilities at Bahrain), in anticipation of the increased movement of US troops to the Far East theatre of war (ff 2-36);
- correspondence dated 1944 concerning the installation of a pipeline to carry aviation fuel from the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery to the RAF jetty at Manama and airfield at Muharraq, and fuel storage tanks at Muharraq. Correspondence concerning the fuel storage tanks occupies much of the remainder of the file, and includes correspondence between various parties including the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) and 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 Air Ministry officials. The correspondence includes: BAPCO objection to the erection of tanks on behalf of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), who supply aviation fuel to the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and RAF at Muharraq; proposals for the RAF to purchase and install fuel tanks; legal questions over whether the storage of AOIC fuel for use by BOAC at Bahrain contravenes the exclusive rights BAPCO holds with the Government of Bahrain; the Air Ministry’s assertion of its right to construct and maintain fuel storage facilities at Bahrain for its air stations (f 120).
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The are no file notes at the end of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 123; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- ‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:40v, 43r:121v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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