July 1924 Ten more Junkers machines are being supplied to the Persian Government. The Ministry of War is selecting 25 officers to be sent to aviation schools in Berlin and Moscow. 15 August 1924 Extract from Summary of news received by His Majesty’s Political Residency in the Persian Gulf: “The aeroplane landed from S. S."Niedenfels" on the 19th June, was flown on the 15th August by M Berhault from Bushire to Shiraz, where it arrived the same day.” File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [50r] (114/494) | Qatar Digital Library (qdl.qa) 1 September 1924 Extract from Summary of news received in the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf: “AERIAL Lieutenant H. A. Halverson, Air Service, United States Army, arrived at Bushire from Basra on the 1st, to arrange for the disposal of the surplus petrol stocked for the use of the American World Fliers. He left the next day for Europe via Karachi” File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [47r] (108/494) | Qatar Digital Library (qdl.qa) 9 October 1924 According to The Times, representatives of the Junkers Aircraft Company have just returned to Dessau after concluding a comprehensive agreement, the fruit of a lengthy series of negotiations conducted with the Sardar Sipah, Riza Khan, the Persian Prime Minister and Minister of War, in Teheran. Although the terms of the contract have not yet been made public, it will undoubtedly have the effect of placing the organisation and management of a great Transasiatic airway in German hands. Viewed, says The Times, in the light of its origin and of the immediate developments in the Middle East for which provision has been made, it must be taken to forebode a further consolidation of Russian influence in the Middle East. As the result of this agreement, a regular service will be opened immediately between Baku, Enzeli, and Teheran, and trial flights preparatory to an extension from the Persian capital to Bushire will be made simultaneously. 25 October 1924
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