The archives

Airfields, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Improvements to the RAF airfield on Masirah Island, and the intention to recruit Pakistan nationals to the labour force, for which the approval of the Pakistan Government is sought (1) Request to the Air Ministry for rental payment for the Masirah and Salalah Airfields (2) Transcriptions of a radio report broadcast on 'Voice of the Arabs', an Egyptian transnational Arabic radio service, that Britain is to transfer its military bases from Aden to Masirah Island, and responses on this (3) Excerpts of reports broadcast on 'Voice of the Ar