Development of air route along Arabian coast

This file contains correspondence from Air Staff Headquarters, RAF Iraq Command at Hinaidi concerning the development of the air routes which pass through the Gulf and the south coast of Arabia to India and Aden, particularly reconnaissance and development of landing grounds and anchorages for flying boats and the development of other air facilities. It includes:

• Beginning of Imperial Airways flights along the Gulf Coast, following the termination of their overflight agreement with the Persian [Iranian] authorities
• Tables displaying the air facilities required in the Trucial States, Kuwait and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman; with notes on the Rulers’ attitudes
• Suggestions for overcoming the Rulers’ obstruction of the development of air facilities, ranging from subsidies to blockades to force
• Plans to reconnoitre the coast of the Sultanate between Masirah Island and Murbat [Mirbat]