Author
KLM to the British Government to fly aircraft on their Amsterdam to Batavia [Jakarta] route over Bahrain
Publication Date
22 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
222
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/511
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0002ee
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
22 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume comprises correspondence relating to requests from foreign airlines – chiefly the Dutch company Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Air France – to use the air route following the Arab coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and its aerodrome facilities at Bahrain, Gwadur [Gwādar, then a possession of the Sultan of Muscat], and Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Bahrain, and George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department at the Foreign Office.
Specific events and topics covered in the volume include:
An official request by KLM to the British Government to fly aircraft on their Amsterdam to Batavia [Jakarta] route over Bahrain (ff 98-109), emergency landings made by two KLM aircraft at Bahrain not covered by the original authorisation (ff 62-87), and further authorisation requests as a result of enlargements to the Amsterdam to Batavia fleet;
Foreign Office discussion over Bahrain’s status in relation to Britain, with regard to the International Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation (or Paris Convention of 1919, ff 27-31);
An official request by the French Ambassador to the British Government for the French airline Air Orient to use civil air facilities in the Gulf;
The arrival in Bahrain of a French director of the Iraq Petroleum Company (Monsieur Montaigu), who had arrived from Basra by air without seeking prior permission to land, the subsequent formal complaint made by Government of Bahrain, and official investigation into the incident, including the aircraft’s original passenger list (f 72);
The presence in the Gulf of a French intelligence officer (Captain Albert de Boucheman), understood by British officials to be in the region on behalf of Air France (ff 162-163, 165, 169-170);
Official permission for the Czech businessman Jan Antonín Bat’a to fly over the Gulf (ff 157-159).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the volume/file (ff 210-226) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files: 13/4 I
