AVIATION DEVELOPMENTS: REPORTED ORDER FOR COMET III'S/DIFFICULTY IN FINDING CHAIRMEN FOR NATIONALIZED AIRLINES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000301270001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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"Air India International are reported to have ordered two Comet III's
for delivery in 1957. All their previous purchases of aircraft have
been from Lockheed. It is believed that this order does not imply
cancellation of their current order for three Super Constellations,
due for delivery in 1954-
2. "The Government of India are having difficulty in finding chairmen for
the two corporations they pre creating to control their newly nationalized
airlines. J.R.D. Tata o previously agreed to head the international
corporation, has now rejected the post. It is believed that he cited
as reasons the excess of bureaucratic control and the low remuneration
(a rumored $7500 a year). The vacancy at the head of the domestic airline
corporation is caused by lack of qualified applicants as much as any other
factor."
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