Author
Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft
Publication Date
28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
17
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/293
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0000c4
Library Location
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.
Date
28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file’s correspondence and other papers concern a demonstration by Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft, which took place over the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(including Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah) in June 1949. The correspondents in the file include the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), and various RAF officials from Air Headquarters in Habbaniyah in Iraq. A report of the demonstration, written by GE Lewis, Air Staff Liaison Officer, is included in the file (folios 13-14). Proposals for a bombing demonstation outside Sharjah for October or November 1949 are also discussed by officials.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. Circled index numbers written using blue/red crayon can be found throughout the file, and refer to the office notes at the end of the file (folio 17).
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Office: File 7/33
