Negotiation for revision of the UK-Bahrain Air Agreement; offer of US surplus glide-path equipment for use at Bahrain or Sharjah. Code GA file 60 (papers 27 to end)

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Proposal to hold a meeting at Ariel House to discuss the draft of the revised agreement with Bahrain (27)
• Discussion on the proposed appointment of Mr Champniss as Aerodrome Commandant at Bahrain (28)
• Draft of the revised Bahrain Civil Air Agreement with the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa (29)
• Revised Civil Air Agreement statement on the working arrangement between Cable & Wireless Ltd. and International Aeradio Ltd. relating to Bahrain (30)
• Discussion on the proposal for Gulf Aviation to operate an aerodrome under licence instead of a public aerodrome being provided by the Qatar Government (31)
• American offer of glide-path equipment for Bahrain (32, 38, 45)
• Civil Air Agreement with Bahrain and the security of tenure of the aerodrome beyond 1955, and the cost of additional land required for the construction of the new runway (33)
• Draft terms of reference and instructions for Mr Champniss as Aerodrome Commandant Bahrain and the Ministry of Civil Aviation Representative in the Persian Gulf (34, 41)
• Ways and means to make the position of the new Airport Commandant at Bahrain clear to all concerned and arrangements for the changeover with Mr Jupp (35-36)
• Attitude of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) towards the construction of fuel storage tanks at the Muharraq airfield by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) (37, 39, 44)
• Confirmation that the Bahrain runway project can go ahead, subject to formal clearance with the Ruler of Bahrain (40)
• Confirmation that Petroleum Development (Qatar) have already handed over the Doha airfield to the Qatar Government (43)