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1. 'VISIT OF SAUDI AIRCRAFT TO BAHRAIN'
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- Abstract: This file concerns clearance ('No Objection') for Saudi Arabian aircraft to land at Bahrain and the issuing of visas. The correspondence within the file is between His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; Alan Trott, His Majesty's Ambassador at Jedda; the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Acting Adviser to the Bahrain Government; the Political Agent at Kuwait; and the Government of Pakistan, Karachi.The correspondence of 1945 (ff 2-5) concerns permission for an aeroplane to visit Bahrain to collect Seifal Islam Abdullah (Sayf al-Islām ‘Abdullāh) who was due to arrive from Iraq on 4 December 1945, and the cancellation of this arrangement due to him proceeding from Damascus instead. The correspondence of 1947 (f 6) concerns the issuing of visas to Aramco Americans and the decision to give blanket clearance to Aramco planes registered in Ethiopia so as to obtain the benefits of the Chicago Convention (but not to Saudi Arabian planes, unless Saudi Arabia is prepared to give reciprocal rights to Kuwaiti and British aircraft). The correspondence for 1948 (ff 7-11) concerns the issuing of a visa and clearance for the Amir of Hasa (al-Aḥsā’), Saud bin Jiluwi [Sa‘ūd bin Jalawī], to travel to Pakistan and India for urgent medical treatment.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
2. ‘File 13/12 Post-war civil air services expansion’
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- Abstract: The file consists of copies of letters and telegrams sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, and published Government white papers, relating to the development of civil aviation facilities in Bahrain in the post-Second World War period.Specific subjects covered by the file:In March 1944, the prospect of air services into Bahrain being operated by oil companies (ff 2-3);In October 1944, discussion of the political and legal status of the Gulf states in relation to Britain (as protectorates or other entities), in relation to international law as defined in the Paris Convention (1919) and the forthcoming convention on civil aviation (the Chicago Convention, December 1944) (ff 5-6);A visit to Bahrain by F W Hancock of the Civil Aviation Department, and Neil Richardson of British Oversea Airways Corporation (BOAC) in early 1945, to inspect the aerodrome at Bahrain (ff 8-9);In 1945, the distribution of white papers on civil aviation to Britain’s agencies in the Gulf (ff 11-13). Two printed copies of white papers are included in the file: International Civil Air Conference, Part I (Final Act and Appendices I-IV), Chicago, 7 December 1944, published by HM's Stationery Office, reference: Cmd. 6614 (ff 14-45); and British Air Transport, presented by the Minister for Civil Aviation to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, March 1945, published by HM's Stationery Office, reference: Cmd. 6605 (ff 46-50);Appendix D of an unspecified report, entitled ‘Civil Airports on Bahrain Island’ (possibly the report made by Messrs Hancock and Richardson) containing a list of technical shortcomings of the existing aerodrome on Muharraq Island, and recommendations for a new aerodrome at Manama (ff 52-53);Correspondence from the Bahrain Political Agent (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway) to the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), dated 19 November 1945, commenting on the impracticality of the Government of Bahrain investing £500,000 in the development of civil aviation facilities at Bahrain (ff 54-56);A telegram, dated 17 May 1948, confirming the visit to Bahrain of two representatives from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, with a view to assessing the prospects for civil aerodrome development (f 57).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-56; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
3. ‘File 13/22 India – Persian Gulf Air Route. India – U.K. Air Route’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers relating to the status of existing, and proposals for new, air routes running along the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. Aside from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain, the principal correspondents in the file are representatives of the India Office, Foreign Office and Government of India, and representatives of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) at Bahrain.Specific topics covered by the file include: a recommendation by the Political Resident (Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior), in April 1946, to consider the Arab coast in future air routes between India and the UK (ff 2-4); a proposal by an Indian company, in April 1947, to operate a twice-weekly service between Karachi and Baghdad, stopping en route at Bahrain and Sharjah (folios 6-7), with similar proposals made by Iraqi Airways; discussion between Government officials over the lack of accommodation and facilities (including ambulance and fire engine) at Muharraq airfield, in light of the withdrawal of Royal Air Force operations (ff 9-27); the granting of permission for Iraqi Airways aircraft to land at Muharraq, provided they make the necessary arrangements for facilities in agreement with BOAC (ff 37-38); delays in the granting of permission for aircraft operations at Bahrain, due to ‘impending constitutional changes’ in India; an announcement in November 1947 of a weekly service between Baghdad and Bahrain by Iraqi Airways (f 39), and the consequent suspension of the service by the Iraqi Government due to an outbreak of cholera, presumably in Baghdad (f 50); queries over the status of the Manama flying-boat aerodrome, and its designation under articles 10 and 68 of the Chicago Convention (ff 43-44); a BOAC memorandum, dated 22 December 1947, on the state of air services in the Gulf, acknowledging that the only means of securing ‘a share of local traffic would be to establish a local Company in Bahrain to run essentially “dhow traffic” services’ (f 53); a request from Air India International, in July 1948, to make use of the airfield at Muharraq as an emergency landing ground (ff 60-63).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-62; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.