مجموعة ٥/٤٣ "مرافق الطيران الليلي في الخليج الفارسي فيما يتعلق ببرنامج البريد الجوي الإمبراطوري" [و‎‎٣‎١] (١٥٧/٦١)

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f* period of fifteen years s this period bein^ the tuiiia*ur:«
vhich will suffice to give the operating authorities a
sufficient security of tenure to ?/nrr*tnt the exceptional
financial outlay and ris^s r.vhich the scheme will entail c
The schei.e offers such financial terms
should enable the 1 ur;o suin payments to be Kept 7 'ithin
limits vliich will ])ieclude • ny substantial increase in the
normal postal rate« The full details are elunorated in
the printed oiemorundun, enclosed herewith, although it is
realised that this is not in a for., suitable for direct
presentation to the Government of a country outside the
British Empire c In addition to the Empire Governments
served by the routes, the Governpients of the fhiclan, Egypt,
Palestine ana Ira^ nre being invited to participate.
It is, however, an inevitable corollary of the
Scheme that the various participating Governments should,
9 .p indicated in the printed memorandum, accept
responsibility for providing adequate night flying
facilities and all other adjuncts for an efficient ground
organisation, to ensure the successful application of the
proposals, It will be obvious that the journey time
schedules can only be achieved if night flying is fairly
continuous unless machines tire to be used which provide
an exceptionally high rate of speed and give longer periods
upon the ground. His lajesty’s Government, however, us
the result of an exhaustive review of the whole situation,
are convinced that excessively high speeds can be purchase'
at too doar a price, for instance, if the average cruising
spew'd under the t’cheme were to be increased to BOG miles
per hour (as is within the limits ol technical
practicability) the total costs involved would be increased