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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [228r] (468/506)
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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in wue oonneotlOQ Uau evidently been cau S ea by rumours
of new Persian *ar ehipa ar.d aircr.xt. it migllt pernap8
be represented to ni. tnat a Iiy de8lgn8 th9 per8iaii8
may nave on his indepenaenoe oar. beat be foiled by iiritien
aircraft and snips, but tnat British aircraft could only
offer protection if they can operate from a base in the
neignbournood, and that it is therefore essential that an
aerodrome should be available Xor tnie purpose.
j erhaps also there might ue something we can do to
help aim against hie enemies, tne bedouins.
finally would it not perhaps b© possible to ^et
him interested toy some really acceptable iurmcC present?
7. A0 regards allaying 1'ears that we may lay claim
to the land, could we not meet this by giving a signed re
assurance on this point? I believe that in some cases at
least ShaiKhs are rather proud of having a vieii decorated
and sealed agreement in writing from the British Government.
I iUiow that such negotiations wilx taite time and
that it a.ay nofc be desirable to press them too urgently, but
whatever policy is decided it must be actively pursued
if we are to get the aerodrome marked within a reasonable
period, say witnin the course ox the next six months.
1 fear that perhaps oiy suggestions may all be quite
unworkable, but you with your experience of how to deal with
these people will no doubt be able to devise a practical
procedure.
8. We would all lixe to avoid tne employment oi the
second alternative - force. Ii all other means fail we
may have to fall bacx on tais as a last resort, and at a
certain point in the negotiations il may be necessary to
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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.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/119
- 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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