Conferenza Patto Sicurezza Locarno 21 October 1925 Jarolimek and another Junkers representative Trost, met Brancker at the Air Ministry in London. Jarolimek said that Junkers' contract with the Persian Government had not yet been signed. He explained that the French had sent out a machine and had made proposals which the Persians would naturally consider before settling with Junkers. He intends to return to Persia shortly and hopes to get the contract signed. He said that he had never attempted to obtain a monopoly, and he regards an air transport monopoly as valueless in a country such as Persia. His opinion is that internal air lines in Persia are dependent on external air communication for their success. Jarolimek expressed a desire to co-operate with British interests in the Persian Gulf, and to connect with the Kantara- Karachi service at Bushire. Brancker said that the British Air Ministry had put no obstruction in the way of the Junkers contract with Persia, and there was no objection to the connection at Bushire. He made it clear that Baghdad was an entirely different matter, which he was not in a position to discuss. Any application for flights to Baghdad would have to go from the German Government to the British Government through the usual diplomatic channels. When Jarolimek asked Brancker for his personal opinion, Brancker replied that this was a diplomatic question, and he could therefore give no opinion. He advised Jarolimek to avoid raising delicate questions of this nature, and suggested that in the present circumstances the Khanaqin railway would provide a link for aircraft operating within Persia. Jarolimek replied that as a business man he considered that a connection at Baghdad would be more valuable than at Bushire, and that was his reason for raising the question Jarolimek said that about two months ago Junkers had signed a contract to start a service Constantinople-Angora, and other subsidiary services. The Turkish Government is keen to see a route opened Angora-Teheran, and Junkers intends to undertake this service eventually, via Diarbekr. A three-engined machine has been sent to Turkey and this will be flown to Teheran over the proposed route in the near future. Trost said that Junkers' next machine would be an improved three-engined type which would get away from the difficulty of propeller overlap. It would have a wider fuselage and seats for probably 17 passengers sitting three abreast, and proportionately more luggage space. ⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬⸬ Junkers had already established the route from Berlin to Angora, with the first airmail having been carried in July 1924. The aeroplane left Dessau on 5 July 1924 and arrived at Angora in the evening of 6 July 1924 carrying thousands of covers franked only with the ordinary stamps. One thousand special Junkers adhesives were printed and about 250 were later added to flown covers. <Champion, 1930>
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