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1. Coll 5/84(2) ‘Chicago Agreement: Position of Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms with regard to post war Civil Aviation; International Civil Aviation Organisation Meeting in Cairo 1946. Tandy's Deputation.’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers related to the position of the Gulf States – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Bahrain, Dubai, Kalba, Kuwait, Ra's al-Khaymah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaywayn – under the Convention on International Civil Aviation (1946), also known as the Chicago Convention. Much of the correspondence is concerned with whether the signature of the United Kingdom (UK) on the Convention can be said to cover these states, and whether the UK can or should assume the responsibility of managing civil aviation matters on their behalf. It also considers whether the UK should represent the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.The file also contains correspondence related to the deputation of Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, Kuwait Political Agent, to Cairo for a meeting of the Middle East region of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) in October 1946. The file is also concerned with the applicability of recommendations made by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to aerodromes in the Persian Gulf, and measures for the joint operation of airfields by Royal Air Force (RAF) and civil aviation authorities.The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf(Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, and William Rupert Hay), officials of the India Office (the Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947), and officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.The file contains a number of published and typed agreements, reports, and proposed standards for International Aviation:International Civil Aviation Conference. Part I. Final Act and Appendices I-IV. Chicago 7 December 1944. Printed by HM Stationery Office 'Misc No 6 (1945)’ Cmd 6614: folios 401-432Agreement between HM Government in the United Kingdom and the Provisional Government of the French Republic relating to Air Transport between British and French Territories. Printed by HM Stationery Office ‘Treaty Series No 7’ Cmd 6787: folios 304-315ICAO , Air Routes and Ground Aids Division, Third Session. Montreal (1947). Doc 4809-AGA/558: folios 120-192PICAO, Recommendations for Standards, Practices and Procedures: Facilitation of International Air Transport (FAL). Montreal (June, 1946). Doc 2005. FAL/40: folios 99-114.Memorandum on the views of the United Kingdom on FAL recommendations published by PICAO. CIV 15593: folios 90-95ICAO, Search and Rescue Standards and Recommended Practices Approved by the Air Navigation Committee. DOC 5045 AN/579/2/1/48: folios: 68-79Ministry of Civil Aviation General Principles to be followed at Joint/User Airfields Overseas. CIV 16788-16789: folios 13-18Ministry of Civil Aviation Explanatory Memorandum on division of responsibilities for Telecommunication. CIV 16790-16791: folios 19-38Comments of the United Kingdom respecting the final report of the AGA Division of ICAO. CIV 16669: folios 11-12The 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 432; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: a number of printed booklets in the file have their own parallel pagination sequences.
2. Coll 5/84(4) ‘Middle East Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’
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- Abstract: The file contains copies of Ministry of Civil Aviation Middle East Intelligence Summaries – Numbers 1 to 8 – which have been supplied to the India Office. The summaries cover independent countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia), sovereignties previously under British Mandate or influence (Egypt, Sudan, Trans-Jordan, and Iraq), territories under British Mandate or protection (Palestine and the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms), British Colonies (Cyprus and the Aden Protectorate), and occupied territories under British military administration (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Eritrea).The subject matter is developments, and proposals for developments, in civil aviation in the Middle East and surrounding regions. This includes the attitude of local governments to civil aviation, and the position of Britain's international competitors in civil aviation. Details related to the formation of airlines, and frequency of operating services are included.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folios with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
3. Coll 5/84(4A) ‘Eastern Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’
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- Abstract: The file contains copies of Ministry of Civil Aviation Eastern Intelligence Summaries – Numbers 1 to 2 – which have been supplied to the India Office. The summaries cover independent countries (China including Manchuria, Thailand, and the Philippine Commonwealth), countries under the influence of independent sovereignties (French Indo-China including the Republics of Vietnam and Cochin-China, and the Netherlands East Indies including the Republic of Indonesia), Countries within the British Commonwealth (India and Burma), British Colonies (Ceylon, Singapore, The Malayan Union, North Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei, and Hong Kong), and occupied territories under Allied administration (Japan, Korea, Formosa Island, Sakhalin, and the Kurile Islands).The subject matter is developments, and proposals for developments, in civil aviation in the Middle East and surrounding regions. This includes the attitude of local governments to civil aviation, and the position of Britain's international competitors in civil aviation. Details related to the formation of airlines, and frequency of operating services are included.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’
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- Abstract: The file is concerned with proposals for the construction of an airfield – suitable for very heavy bombers – at Dhahran by the United States Army Air Transport Command as a wartime necessity, and applications from the United States to the United Kingdom for the latters support in obtaining permission from Saudi Arabia. See folios 239-241 for a brief on these proposals.The file also contains papers related to proposals for the post-war civil operation following the construction of the airfield, and the transfer of ownership from the United States to Saudi Arabia. Related papers concern proposals from Trans World Airlines for the development of civil aviation in Saudi Arabia, and counter proposals from the British Government for a civil air mission. This includes the use of Dhahran by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).A typed copy of a report by a Ministry of Civil Aviation Technical Survey Party on aerodromes in the Middle East and Persian Gulf (1947) has also been included: see folios 26-55. The minutes of a subsequent meeting held by the Civil Aviation Planning Committee on 1 April 1947 to discuss the reports findings can be found on folios 18-19.The main correspondents in the file are as follows: HM Minister at Jeddah (Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith), officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and officials of the India Office (Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947).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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 260; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.