مجموعة ٨٧/٥س "الولايات المتحدة: طلب الحصول على حقوق عبور جوي عسكري في الهند وبورما" [و‎‎١‎٥‎١] (٦٠٩/٣٠١)

Comparison with Governtt-ift-nt. 0 f i n( j n ‘ fi »
Conditions
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d ie d S - requests in Delhi and. London are to be
be reaohedtntlf Oe p 1S eB 8 en J ial that agreement should
neeotiatfnr, * rr» h k Govel ' nment of India on the basis for
Government 9 * 11 ;^! indi ' e 0 arnined the Aide-Memoire from the
ir Delhi Thi^rfvd e fh ylng t°d h6 fir3t U.3. request
Government the conditions under which the
the American- for m-i be - pr ? pared to ne g°tiate with
0 , 0 i--orican>d lor military air transit rights. Thp
th^Indi-n wh3 : ci \, we have set out above are all covered in
are* hovve^rf apparent-' ^ minor differences
(a)
(b)
Para. 6 (a) above is somewhat fuller than the
Government of India’s paragraph on this point.
Para. C(d) would allow the agreement to be
terminated at six months notice, while the
Indian draft limits the agreement to six
monuhs after which time it would have to be
renewed.
We do not consider that these differences are of much
Q , ns ^ u f nce PUu 0pe concurrence of the Government of India
of°negotia?ion^ ed t0 ^ 00nditions being used as a basis
of t nlie'^Qf Tlie 4 ide “ uemoir,e °- ‘khc Government
01 indie, otcAues that they require reciprocal rights for
n lan tiilitary aircraft to use American military airfields
air"^transit"rights r the U * S * repuest f0 ^ military
We note that the Foreign Office are somewhat apprehensive
aDoat our seeking reciprocal rights in return for granting
the American request. While the grant of such rights would
be advantageous to us, we do not consider that it should be
made an over-riding condition.
be
\fe ao^not oelieve that on the military level there would
any difucuity in obtaining reciprocal rights. in this
connection, local agreement has been reached whereby
Australian and New Zealand aircraft make use of U.S.
controlled airfields in the Philippines and ex-Japanese
islands en route to Japan.
We have no ;ther immediate requirements for reciprocal
righto, and 11 mie j.. .mricans should object to granting such
rights we would be prepared to drop this request. We
therefore suggest that the India Office should approach the
Government of India with a view to persuading them to modify
their conditions regarding reciprocal rights.
Consideration of U.S. Request for facilities at specified
airfields ——£
9. Tripolitania . The Americans have requested that they
may use Mellaha airfield for their military route. This
airfield is at present operated entirely by them. An American
request to use this airfield for their civil aviation was not
granted and they are obliged to operate through Gastel Benito,
which is run by the R.A.P. and designated as the civil airport
at Tripoli.