AFGHANISTAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A004200010001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 22, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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AVIATION CONVENTIONS
Chicago Convention - Ratification deposited April 4, 1947. Afghanistan
is a member of ICAO. (Refs. 1 and 2)
BILATERAL CIVIL AVIATION AGREASENTS
There have been no bilateral agreements concluded by Afghanistan since\
the Afghan Government has become a member of the International Civil
Aviation. Organization.
1. Pre-war Germany - 'There was an agreement with the Deutsche
i ?cLufthansa: which enabled the German company to operate a
commercial service Berlin to Kabul during period from 1937
until it was interrupted by the war. (Ref. 3)
2. USSR - The Soviet Government requested Afghan Government that
a commercial plane service be allowed from Stalinbad in
Tajikistan to a Soviet village in the Russian Pamirs east of
the Afghan province of Badakhshan and north of the Afghan
province of Wakhan. An airline between the places named crosses
the Afghan boundary. (Ref. 4)
3. G.O.I. - In June 1947 before the partition of India a delega-
tion from India visited Afghanistan. for tie purpose of negotia-
ting an air agreement for service Kabul to Peshawar, but re-
turned without a definite agreement. (Ref.?5)
4. Iran - A preliminary bilateral was signed in 1946 but not
ratified, although one survey flight seems to have been made
September 1946. (Ref. 6)
5. US - At the regional civil air conference held in Cairo in
September 1946, two Afghan representatives attempted to
negotiate for either TWA or PAA to serve Kabul on its route
to India. TWA drew up a contract including services and the
setting up of Afghan airlines but nothing further was done
to implement the agreement. (Ref. 7)
US-Afghanistan agreement for exchange of Military Air Attache
sought by the Legation, Kabul, in December 1947. (Ref. 8)
AIRLINES (Domestic)
There,is no domestic commercial airline serving Afghanistan. TWA in
.1946 drew up a contract for a domestic line to be organized and managed
by TWA, but the project was not carried through. There are indications
that some of the 12 Avro'Anson XIX aircraft recently purchased in Great
Britain for the Afghan Air Force may be used for the establishment of
.a domestic civil airline. (Ref. 9)
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The only international operation into Kabul at present is the Soviet
courier plane, a C-47., but there. is no scheduled commercial inter-
national carrier serving Afghanistan.
Khwaja Rewash north of Kabul, used by USSR courier C-47.
Sherpur Airport, used by Afghan Air Force. (Ref. 10)
PRODUCTION
There is no aircraft production in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has discouraged approaches by neighboring States for
concessions and apparently desires to be served.by an American trunk-
line on a round-the-world basil. (Ref. 11)
iThe Government desires a local airline and connections outside the
country with Tehran, Dhahran, Karachi and Peshawar, but apparently
wishes to avoid assistance-by British, Iranians, Russians or Indians. (Ref. 7)
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1. (List of ratifications of Chicago Convention 3 Dec. 1947 -
telephone conversation EBE with Mrs. Wright, State Dept.)
2. State Dept. Bulletin, May 27, 1945, p. 968.
3. R-2-45 Kabul, 13 Feb. 1945.
4. R-54-45 Kabul, 14 Aug. 1945, Secret.
5. State #1128 New Delhi, June 6, 1947, Conf.
6. R-97-46 Kabul, 22 Aug. 1946, Conf.
7. State, Cairo #2202, Feb. 8, 1947, Rest.
8. State to Kabul #246, Nov. 26, Secret.
9. OMA Kabul, R-13-48, 20 Jan. 1948, Conf.
10. R-14-45, Kabul, 10 April 1945, Rest.
11. State to Tehran #947, 14 Nov. 1946.
12. R-25-45 Kabul, Rest.
13. R-80-45 Kabul, 24 Sept. 1945, Secret.
14. R-112-46, Kabul, 16 Sept. 1946, Rest.
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