Coll 5/72 ‘Persia: Supply of American aircraft to –’ [‎20v] (40/115)

Content

The file is largely concerned with the shipment of ten P-40 Tomahawk fighter planes from the United States to Iran by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The papers within outline a policy debate as to whether the aircraft in question should be diverted for British use and whether a request should be made to the United States to block future exports to Iran.

Also briefly covered in the file is the related subject matter of the supply of Hawker Hurricane materials to Iran, and the prevention of a shipment of Tiger Moths to Iran from Canada.

The main correspondents in the file as follows: HM Ambassador to the United States (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax), officials of the Foreign Office, officials of 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 representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India. The file also contains correspondence with the Air Ministry and the Dominions Office.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (58 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 57; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

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