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'File 6/10 IV Air Agreements' [250r] (499/556)
The record is made up of 1 file (276 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1947-31 Dec 1949. 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 Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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—v -Sa
nies 6/2; 6/10T 6/14; 3/4
Telegram
Code
From
Political Kuvait
To
Prodrome Bahrain
No.
166
Dated the 21st July, 1949.
3 ((tj 2 -v* a ) reference enclosure to your G.S
No. 248/12/49.
Your letter No. 20/32/49 and Chancery
letter referred to not received here
Iranian Airways have not yet as far as
I iaiow got His Majesty’s Government T s approval to oper
ate a scheduled service here. Position has been explain
ed to their local agent. To get it they will have to
apply to the Ministry of Civil Aviation as a foreign
air line to use an airfield that is for the purpose of
re Civil aviation to be regarded as United Kingdom territory.
£ lot ftfz -to •• This would a i pear to entail admission of our position
# S'-'?here which the Iranians have hitherto refuded to recog
nise. Once this is recognised the whole question of
visas from Kuwait to Iran should be simplified; but until
the Iranians do recognise our position there does not
appear to be much to be said for a modus vivendi in which
they, rather thah we, are interested to make their airline
pay and to encourage their tourist trade. Procedure des-
cribed in Tehran Chancery letter No. 26/6/3/4 of Sept.,
14th, 1948 is cumbersome, but I do not thinx we should
allow the Iranians to escape the consequences of their
attitude to us in Kuwait for the slight advantage now offer-
S.cfg i (eo oil Company personnel are at present using Cyprus and
vw v.
the Lebanon as summer resorts.
JACKSON.
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This file contains papers relating to the maintenance and control of air landing facilities at Kuwait. Most of the papers discuss the air agreements negotiated with the ruler of Kuwait, as well as future air routes, and the increasing popularity of air travel following the exploration of the interior of the Arabian Peninsula for mineral deposits. Some papers also discuss the use of air facilities by various oil companies such as the Anglo Iranian Oil Company and the Arabian American Oil Company.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (276 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 278; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-277; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/286
- Title
- 'File 6/10 IV Air Agreements'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:87v, 89r:122v, 124r:190v, 193r:239v, 241r:241v, 244r:250v, 252r:277v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence