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‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’ [31r] (61/246)
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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condition that they Yvere not set dovfn in the same country.
i asked the Air Vice Marshal what he considered Bahrain’s
position would be after the war and he said that the best possible
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solution as far as \#e and the Shaikh were concerned would be for
the Maharraq aerodrome to be under the control of the Air Ministry
who would be responsible for all persons of whatever nationality
making use of the ground. He considered that Bahrain would be
one of the most important post-war alighting areas.
3. I told Air Vice Marshal Collier that I considered and I
knew that the Hon’ble 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.
and Air Vice Marshal
V/illock were in agreement with me, that any land required for
American operations in Bahrain must be leased to the Royal Air
Force and that it was desirable that any buildings &c ., to be
erected for American personnel should be built by the Royal Air
rorce. X understood that the Royal Air Force could undertake the
construction work for the United States Air Force although the
provision of the radio installations might be at the moment
beyond their power. The Air Vice Marshal agreed and suggested
that Air Vice Marshal V/illock should telegraph to Air Chief
Marshal A.W. Tedder, and make it clear that, whatever his gene
ral policy might be, in Bahrain the building could be done by
the Royal Air Force and that it was desirable that it should be
done by the Royal Air Force.
4. Air Vice Marshal Collier informed me that the peak of
their re-inforcement plan should see at least 2,000 aircraft
passing through Bahrain every month, that this peak would be
reached upon the collapse of Germany which he anticipated would
take pl&ee next year, but that these figures should not be
used by me in any official correspondence as the Air Ministry
was still somewhat hazy about their plans and he did not want
to be quoted as having misrepresented them.
5. The two Air Vice Marshals approached me with regard to
the B.O.A.U. W/T set as already indicated to you in my telegram
Ho. 893 dated the 30th December 1943.
ltd. T.H*
30-12-43
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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’
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- front, front-i, 2r:40v, 43r:121v, back-i, back
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