15 April 1930 30 May 1930 Extract from telegram from Maconachie, Kabul to Foreign Office, London (Repeated Foreign, Simla): “Priority. This is dated 30th May. I have been informed by Pauschardt, who is in charge of German interests here, that Nadir Shah is anxious for early development of Air lines rather than railways for which money is not available. Pauschardt says representative of Junkers has arrived in Kabul to ascertain possibility of starting Kabul-Teheran air service via Kandahar for which agreement had been signed with Amanulla. He also mentioned possibility of a service to be operated by Junkers from Kabul to Dakka from which place onwards traffic would travel by road to India. He thought that this line would be likely to pay well, better than Kabul-Teheran. He said that site for aerodrome at Dakka had already been surveyed by Germany. As Junkers would presumably stipulate for monopoly on Kabul-Dak section, decision as to policy of His Majesty's Government in regard to British participation in India-Kabul air line seems to be matter of urgency now.” <IOR/L/PS/12/1949> 31 May 1930 Telegram P from the Foreign Office to His Majesty's Minister at Jeddah No. 82 dated May 31st, 1930. Please refer to your telegram No.65 of May 22nd: Arabian air route. His Majesty's Government are prepared to defer present application in view of your opinion that formal request if made now might prejudice chances of larger scheme for regular service to India. For following reasons, however, matter is becoming increasingly urgent. (1) Agreement with the Persian government for use of South Persian route expires in April 1932. Whether it will be possible to secure satisfactory renewal is doubtful, and possibility of utilisation of Arabian air route may become matter of urgent importance then. It is therefore important that Air Ministry should have adequate prior experience of
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