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Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’ [33r] (65/571)
The record is made up of 1 file (284 folios). It was created in 4 Jul 1924-21 Sep 1938. It was written in English and French. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1.
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Copy No,
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Sir A. Clark Kerr to Mr. Eden.—(deceived June S.)
(No. 261.)
Sir, Bagdad, May 28, 1936.
WITH reference to Mr. Butler’s despatch No. 245 of the 16th May, I
have the honour to inform you that the Prime Minister recently mentioned
to me the request of the Iranian Government for permission to operate an
air service to Bagdad.
2. His Excellency said that when the Iranian Minister raised the
matter here, he had been asked whether the Iranian Government would give
reciprocal facilities to the Iraqi Government to organise an Iraqi air service
from Bagdad to Tehran. The Iranian Minister had expressed doubts on
this point and had drawn attention to the fact that whereas an Iranian air
line had to come to Bagdad if it was to link up with the main world air
lines, there was no imperative necessity for the Iraqi Government to organise
an air service to Tehran.
3. Yassin-al-Hashimi asked for my advice. I said that it seemed to me a
pity to obstruct the inauguration of an Iranian service from Tehran to Bagdad
on the ground that the Iranian Government gave no similar rights to Iraq.
On the other hand, if the Iraqi Government gave the permission requested by
the Iranian Government, they would be justified in reserving the right to ask
for similar treatment in Iran, if the need arose. The Prime Minister agreed.
He added that it had occurred to him that if the Iraqi Government ever
organised an internal flying service, they might arrange with the Iranian
Government for the Khanaqin-Bagdad section of the Tehran-Bagdad route to
be worked by Iraqi machines.
4. With reference to paragraph 3 of Mr. Butler’s despatch, I would
invite your attention to my despatch No. 194 of the 16th April, from which it
will be seen that there is no truth in the rumour that the Nairn Transport
Company have obtained an air transport concession in Iraq.
5 . I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Department of Overseas
Trade, to His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires at Tehran and to the Government
of India.
I have, &c.
ARCHIBALD CLARK KERR.
[740 h—1]
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The file contains correspondence and related papers concerning the development of civil aviation in Persia (referred to as Iran from 1935), its primary focus being the activities of the German company Junkers. The file covers negotiations surrounding the grant of a five year concession to Junkers in 1927 for the provision of internal air services within Persia, and the failed negotiations surrounding an attempt by the Company to renew the agreement in 1932. It therefore also contains correspondence about the subsequent withdrawal of Junkers from Persia, and subsequent attempts by Luft Hansa to replace Junkers. Correspondence in the file also discusses a proposal from Imperial Airways to establish a Trans-Persian route between the United Kingdom (UK) and India; this is mainly related to whether the experience of Junkers should be allowed to discourage this proposal.
To a lesser extent the file also covers the establishment of air mail and passenger services between Tehran and Baghdad; this ranges from a initial proposal from Airworks Limited in 1932 to the eventual establishment of a service by Iranian State Airways in 1938. Also briefly discussed is a proposal — briefly advanced by the North West Indian Trading Company — from Captain Louis Murphy in 1926 for the establishment of an air service between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashhad]: see folios 155-9.
The French content includes a draft contract between the Government of Persia and Junkers dated June 1925 (see folios 205-16), a copy of the final contract (see folios 139v-143) dated 9 February 1926, and a copy of a notice on changes to Junkers' Persian air services dated 17 October 1931. Occasional extracts can also be found in French.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran, officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the Foreign Office. The correspondence is periodically forwarded to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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.
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- 1 file (284 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 inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 285; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 16r:49v, 53r:62v, 65r:75v, 77r:78v, 80r:95v, 98r:108r, 110r:138v, 144r:173v, 175r:177v, 180r:187v, 194r:204v, 217r:221v, 223r:285v, back
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